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adjust qhelp to focus on user-controlled data
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javascript/ql/src/Security/CWE-078/UnsafeShellCommandConstruction.qhelp

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Even worse, although less likely, a malicious user could
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provide the input <code>http://example.org; cat /etc/passwd</code>
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Even worse, although less likely, a client might pass in user-controlled
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data not knowing that the input is interpreted as a shell command.
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This could allow a malicious user to provide the input <code>http://example.org; cat /etc/passwd</code>
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in order to execute the command <code>cat /etc/passwd</code>.
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