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Penguin traceroute.pl is a freely available, open source script for tracing network hops from a web server. It is distributed by Linux Directory. The Penguin traceroute script does not adequately filter special characters. This makes it possible for a remote user to embed commands into a request using special characters such as the ';' or '|' characters. The embedded command would be executed with the permissions of the web browser.

Penguin traceroute.pl is a freely available, open source script for tracing network hops from a web server. It is distributed by Linux Directory. The Penguin traceroute script does not adequately filter special characters. This makes it possible for a remote user to embed commands into a request using special characters such as the ';' or '|' characters. The embedded command would be executed with the permissions of the web browser.