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AlienForm CGI script

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks if the AlienForm CGI script is vulnerable

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
The AlienForm CGI script permits a possible hacker
to view any file on the target computer, append arbitrary data
to an existing file, and write arbitrary data to a new file.

The AlienForm CGI script is installed as either af.cgi or
alienform.cgi

For more details, please see:
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276248/2002-06-08/2002-06-14/0

Solution : Disable AlienForm
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 4983

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Hintz (http://guh.nu)

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