Free Online Dictionary of Computing 1.0 - Remote File Viewing

Author: Cgisecurity
type: remote
platform: cgi
port: 
date_added: 2001-03-09 
date_updated: 2012-08-20 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2001-0461;OSVDB-5591 
tags: 
aliases:  
screenshot_url:  
application_url: 

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2484/info

A vulnerability exists in a CGI script called "The Free Online Dictionary of Computing".

Due to a failure to properly validate user supplied input, a remote attacker can compose and submit requests for files readable by the webserver, as well as executing certain commands (those requiring no command line parameters) with the privilege level of the webserver process.

http://example.com/foldoc/template.cgi?template.cgi