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osTicket Backdoored

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect osTicker Backdoored

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

There is a vulnerability in the current version of osTicket
that permits a possible hacker to upload an PHP script, and then access it
causing it to execute.
This attack is being actively exploited by attackers to take over
servers. This script tries to detect infected servers.

Solution:
1) Remove any PHP files from the /attachments/ directory.
2) Place an index.html file there to prevent directory listing of that
directory.
3) Upgrade osTicket to the latest version.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Noam Rathaus

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