Update: these command stagers have been integrated into metasploit Command injection/execution bugs are a relatively common vulnerability. For example, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox have all had these problems, at least including common add-ons. (see http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499570/100/0/threaded, http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2007-5045, etc.) Many server-side scripts in webapps also suffer from the same issues. Against a Linux target, […]