Title: Sysadmin Magazine man.sh Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
man.sh is a script that was published in Sysadmin magazine. The purpose of the script is to create .html files from man pages for formatted viewing on the fly.
A problem with the man.sh script however can allow users to remotely execute arbitrary commands. Due to the improper handling of special characters by the script it is possible to force the script to execute arbitrary commands. This problem can make it possible for a user with malicious motives to execute arbitrary commands with the UID and GID of the httpd process, and potentially gain access to the local host.
Affected Products:
- SysAdmin Magazine man.sh 1.0.0
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