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title: "OS Command Injection"
date: "2016-04-10T14:21:43+00:00"
url: "https://checkmarx.com/chapter-two/os-command-injection/"
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# OS Command Injection

OS Command Injection attacks occur when the hacker attempts to execute system level commands through a vulnerable web application. These high impact server/application injections help the hacker to bypass administrator privileges and execute malicious OS commands. Just like SQL injections, OS Command injections can be blind or error-based.
Meta-characters (&, |, /;) are usually used to merge commands and create malicious OS Command Injections, that can be used to exploit vulnerable applications.
[***Read More***](https://checkmarx.com/knowledge/knowledgebase/OS-Command-Injection/)