[This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.]
I know we’re all getting tired of the Remote File Inclusion (RFI) vulnerabilities being disclosed that end up being debunked, but this one takes the cake so far (yes I’m behind on e-mail).
Fri Jun 16 2006
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0321.html
(1) path/action.php, and to files in path/nucleus including (2) media.php, (3) /xmlrpc/server.php, and (4) /xmlrpc/api_metaweblog.inc.php
Sat Jun 17 2006
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-06/0447.html
Demonstrated that the vulnerability is bogus.
Mon Oct 30 2006
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0486.html
media.php
Mon Oct 30 2006
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0501.html
Demonstrated (again) that the vulnerability is bogus.
So not only is it fake, it was also previously disclosed and debunked. I swear, Bugtraq moderators should seriously consider blocking any RFI disclosure from hotmail.com. Would save Vulnerability Databases a lot of time.