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Title: Big Brother Arbitrary Shell Command Execution Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

A vulnerability exists in versions of the Big Brother network monitor server prior to v1.5c2. Due to improper filtering of '&' characters from user supplied input in the affected versions, it is possible for arbitrary shell commands to be run by the userid of the bbd server. As a result, a remote attacker may be able to gain local access to the host running Big Brother server.

Affected Products:

  • BB4 Big Brother Network Monitor 1.5.0c2

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