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Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Webmin (affected versions not specified) Description: This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Webmin. Authentication is required to exploit this issue. The specific flaw exists within the handling of CGI requests, resulting from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of root. It is estimated that around a million servers are exposed to this issue. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.