note 95732 added to function.file-get-contents
| From: | swnpnt at gmail dot com | Date: | Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:53:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 95732 added to function.file-get-contents | ||
| Groups: | php.notes | ||
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If the content of the file has <?php ?> tags, then it's executed as code. Majorly unsafe
for service providers anonmyous scripts download and execute other anonymous scripts from anonymous
servers. Especially, when anonymous code is shell code. Currently, there's a joomla + linux
kernel exploit using this to install rootkits on web hosts.
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Server IP: 192.41.40.227
Probable Submitter: 68.34.103.127
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Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php
Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/95732
Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/integrated
Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/useless
Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/bad+code
Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/spam
Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/non-english
Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732/in+docs
Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/95732
Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/95732
Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php