Description
Simple WAIS (SWAIS) 1.11 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the shell metacharacters in the search field, as demonstrated using the "|" (pipe) character.
References
- 20020630 Simple Wais 1.11 allows users to execute commands as SWAIS deamon. mailing-list
- 5127 vdb-entry
- swais-command-execution(9453) vdb-entry