🌀Code Injection/Execution OR code injection attack
🌀Code Injection/Execution🌀
In this vulnerability an attacker maliciously takes advantage of a script which contains system functions/calls,to read or execute files on a remote server.This is synonymous to having a backdoor shell.Needless to say that under certain circumstances privilege escalation is possible.
Inthis example a script is using the exec()function to execute the ping command.However,the host is dynamic as it is being passed via an HTTP GET request:
In this vulnerability an attacker maliciously takes advantage of a script which contains system functions/calls,to read or execute files on a remote server.This is synonymous to having a backdoor shell.Needless to say that under certain circumstances privilege escalation is possible.
Inthis example a script is using the exec()function to execute the ping command.However,the host is dynamic as it is being passed via an HTTP GET request: