Forum emails with odd sender

[airclay]

I’ve always gotten the standard emails from: [Manjaro Linux Forum]. However, yesterday, the sender was: perl -e 'print$i=pack(c5(41*2)sqrt(7056)(unpack(cH)-2)oct(115)10); ' via Manjaro Linux Forum

Posting, jic it needs attention…

[Aragorn]

It might just be a glitch ─ everything has been fine here at my end ─ but keep monitoring the situation, and if it happens again, let us know.

There was an update to the forum software a few days ago, and that may be what caused the problem.

[El_Brujo]

I’ve seen that before.

There is a chance that the user is using that string as their Full Name.

I’d suggest checking the thread and the user’s information to be on the safe side.

[airclay]

What is this sorcery @merlock ?

[merlock]

I didn’t do anything; nor did I send any emails. Anyway, it’s wrong:

@airclay

perl -e 'print$i=pack(c5(41*2)sqrt(7056)(unpack(cH)-2)oct(115)10); '

It’s supposed to be:

perl -e 'print$i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10); '

[El_Brujo]

Mystery solved @airclay ?

[ButterflyMelissa]

could (yet, not sure) be an injection attempt…