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WebGais websendmail CGI Arbitrary Command Execution

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

FamilyCGI abuses
Nessus Plugin ID10301 (websendmail.nasl)
Bugtraq ID2077
CVE IDCVE-1999-0196

Description:
Synopsis :

The remote web server contains a CGI script that may suffer from an
arbitrary command execution flaw.

Description :

The 'websendmail' program, part of Webgais, appears to be installed on
the remote host. This CGI script has a well-known security flaw that
lets an attacker execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the
http daemon (usually root or nobody).

See also :

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1997_3/0018.html

Solution :

Remove the 'websendmail' program.

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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