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Count.cgi

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks Count.cgi version

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

An old version of 'Count.cgi' cgi is installed.
It has a well documented security flaw that lets anyone execute arbitrary
commands with the rights of the http daemon (root, nobody, www...)

** Note that Nessus only checked the version number

Solution : upgrade to wwwcount 2.4 or later.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 128

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Michel Arboi

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