Hi Philip,

Thursday, April 6, 2006, 6:46:31 PM, you wrote:

PL> And you think you aren't able to execute system commands using metamod?
PL> Anything which ends up being a binary can contain malicious code which
PL> will then be executed.
Yes, but all essential files (on our servers) are marked executable
and customer may not overwrite it.

PL> Rather than choosing a secure setup you may simply want to ban Metamod,
PL> SourceMM and anything else which allows binary plugins from your
PL> customers servers.
With this plugin the following scenario is possible:

Example scenario:
--
1. Upload a text file, like cpp or any other program.
2. Compile it with g++ or gcc or with any other compiler available in
the system.
3. Run compiled program via the plugin system command.


best regards,
Adam Grzesko
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


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