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Music Daemon File Disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Music Daemon File Disclosure

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running MusicDaemon, a music player running as a server.

It is possible to cause the Music Daemon to disclose the
content of arbitrary files by inserting them to the list
of tracks to listen to.

A possible hacker can list the content of arbitrary files including the
/etc/shadow file, as by default the daemon runs under root rights.

Solution : None at this time
Risk Factor: High

Networks Security ID: 11006

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

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