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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Unknown CGIs arguments torture

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Tortures the arguments of the remote CGIs

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

This script 'tortures' the arguments of the remote CGIs
by attempting to pass common CGI programming errors as
arguments (../../etc/passwd et al.).

*** IN NO WAY THIS SCRIPT IS AS GOOD AS A HUMAN BEING TO
*** DO THIS KIND OF JOB

Network Security Threat Level: None to High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 Renaud Deraison

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