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)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SREASON, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)