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CVE-2008-5728

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
26/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the system parameter in modules/netshop/post.php; and the INCLUDE_FOLDER parameter in (2) auth.inc.php, (3) banner.inc.php, (4) blog.inc.php, and (5) forum.inc.php in modules/.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.10
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.12 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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