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How about exe in the URL? I can only imagine whats going on behind the scenes. https://www.example.com/searchUtility.exe?a=1


Compiled language CGI running on IIS. Unusual, but not that weird.

Probably an old setup, nowadays the .exe would be hidden with a rewrite rule and you would be none the wiser.




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