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Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via (1) the redirect parameter in a logoff action to modules/auth/index.php or (2) the url parameter to modules/linkmanager/redirect.php. NOTE: this was reported within an "HTTP Response Splitting" section in the original disclosure.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 26, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(78th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2008-5742

GHSA ID

GHSA-wmrm-c3j6-6rvh

Source code

No known source code

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