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File Disclosure in OWL's Workshop

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect OWLS File Disclosure

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

OWL's workshop is a web-based educational tool written in PHP.

There is a vulnerability in the current version of this software which
permits a possible hacker to retrieve arbitrary files from the webserver with its
priviledges.

Solution : None at this time - disable this software.
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 9689

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Noam Rathaus

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