Re: cpanel exploit

[Rob Lemos <mail () robertlemos com>]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 06:56 -0400, Todd Burroughs wrote:
> Anyone have any info on this cpanel exploit.   I have a friend who found it
> pretty open to full user level acess, but not root.
>
> I'm curious to know what the hole is/was.
>
> http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/092706_Web_Hosts_Hit_by_Hackers.cfm
>
> http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/09/23/hostgator_cpanel_security_hole_exploited_in_mass_hack.html

More information here as well:
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11415

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