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sglMerchant Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
sglMerchant Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A CGI (view_item) that is a part of sglMerchant is installed.

This CGI suffers from a security vulnerability that makes it possible to escape
the bounding HTML root directory and read arbitrary system files.

Solution: Contact the author of the program
Network Security Threat Level: High

Additional information:
http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/5KP012K5FK.html

Networks Security ID: 3309

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2001 SecuriTeam

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