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lucastx on June 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Every C99.php shell is backdoored

I've used it in the past so I could run commands on a server, when the administrator only gave me FTP access.

Uploading PHP files with system() calls works too, but C99 is much easier to use.

But yes, I only came to know it when I was a stupid defacer teen. Shame on me.

astrodust on June 24, 2014 [–]

If the only tool you have is FTP then either you're an attacker with a single set of compromised credentials, or a legitimate user forced to act like one.

lucastx on June 24, 2014 | [–]

Maybe I live in a place where technology (and security practices, specifically) goes forward later than Silicon Valley?

(Answer: yes)

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