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O'Reilly WebSite uploader.exe Arbitrary File Upload

This script is Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Tenable Network Security, Inc.

FamilyCGI abuses
Nessus Plugin ID10291 (uploader_exe.nasl)
Bugtraq ID
CVE IDCVE-1999-0177

Description:
Synopsis :

The remote web server contains a CGI script that is prone to arbitrary
command execution.

Description :

The remote web server contains a CGI script named 'uploader.exe' in
'/cgi-win'. Versions of O'Reilly's Website product before 1.1g
included a script with this name that allows an attacker to upload
arbitrary CGI and then execute them.

See also :

http://www.nessus.org/u?4b667852
http://www.nessus.org/u?3bca098f

Solution :

Verify that the affected script does not allow arbitrary uploads and
remove it if it does.

Risk factor :

High / CVSS Base Score : 7.5
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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