John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned a project to test the security of The output of the scanning test is as follows: C.\whisker.pl -h target_IP_address = Host…

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John works as a professional Ethical Hacker. He has been assigned a project to test the security of The output of the scanning test is as follows: C.\whisker.pl -h target_IP_address = Host: target_IP_address = Server: Apache/1.3.12 (Win32) ApacheJServ/1.1 mod_ssl/2.6.4 OpenSSL/0.9.5a mod_perl/1.22 + 200 OK: HEAD /cgi-bin/printenv John recognizes /cgi-bin/printenv vulnerability ('Printenv' vulnerability) in the We_are_secure server. Which of the following statements about 'Printenv' vulnerability are true? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose all that apply.

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AThis vulnerability helps in a cross site scripting attack.
B'Printenv' vulnerability maintains a log file of user activities on the Website, which may be useful
CWith the help of 'printenv' vulnerability, an attacker can input specially crafted links and/or other
DThe countermeasure to 'printenv' vulnerability is to remove the CGI script.

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