What is CVE-2014-9609?

CVE-2014-9609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-02-19.

How severe is CVE-2014-9609?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-9609 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Netsweeper

CVE-2014-9609

Directory traversal vulnerability in webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to list directory contents via a .. (dot dot) in the log parameter in a stats action.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.106 (95.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Netsweeper
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9609?: CVE-2014-9609 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netsweeper, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-02-19.
How severe is CVE-2014-9609?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9609 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.