which OS did it not directly affect?

Shellshock had the potential for an unauthorized user to gain access to a server. It affected many internetfacing services, which OS did it not directly affect?

Shellshock had the potential for an unauthorized user to gain access to a server. It affected many internetfacing services, which OS did it not directly affect?

A.
Windows

B.
Unix

C.
Linux

D.
OS X

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John Long

John Long

A. Windows

So, what is Shellshock?

Shellshock is a vulnerability in Bash shell (v1.1 to v4.3, and possibly more…) that allows remote code execution without confirmation. This is an especially big vulnerability, as it removes the need for complex coding that can take years to perfect. A series of random characters, () { :; }; , confuses Bash because it doesn’t know what to do with them, so by default, it executes the code after it. Over 100,000 attempts to exploit any Unix/Linux/OS X & iOS systems has already occurred. There are over 3,000 vulnerable websites, and that’s without the amount of vulnerable hardware there is.

Ironically, Windows is completely safe from this vulnerability, which is good and bad at the same time. About 75%+ of the Internet is Apache, and 80% of Apache servers run on Linux, so almost the entire Internet is vulnerable.

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