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smb2www remote command execution

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
smb2www Command Execution

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running smb2www - a SMB to WWW gateway.

There is a flaw in the version of this CGI which permits
anyone to execute arbitrary commands on this host by
sending a malformed argument to smbshr.pl, one of the components
of this solution.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 6313

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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