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Re: [cobalt-users] [Raq4] Directory Listing Exploit found.



Jonathan Michaelson wrote:

> Indeed. It's also very trivial. I've written a perl CGI script in the last
> few minutes that any user could upload to their hosting account and run that
> trawls the whole server listing all files that you can read, write and
> execute.

...<stuff snipped from middle>...

> In this environment, if you're sticking with the Cobalt configuration,
> client education is probably your most effective tool. Running CGI scripts
> such as this one helps you find those clients that need that education to
> help protect themselves _from_ themselves.

So, are you going to release the script for our administration use
<smile>?

Jeff
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