Test ID:	10586
Category:	CGI abuses
Title:	news desk
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The 'newsdesk.cgi' CGI is installed. This CGI has a well known security flaw that lets an attacker read arbitrary files with the privileges of the http daemon (usually root or nobody). Solution : remove it from /cgi-bin. Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	BugTraq ID: 2172 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-0231 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2172 Bugtraq: 20010103 News Desk 1.2 CGI Vulnerbility (Google Search) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-01/0042.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#496064 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/496064 XForce ISS Database: newsdesk-cgi-read-files(5898) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5898
Copyright	This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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