Path Traversal in Netcat

CVE-2008-5728

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/.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Netcat — versions 1.1, 2.0, 2.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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