CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-5728

5.1 MEDIUM Published 2008-12-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-12-26
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

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/.

Affected configurations

• netcat netcat (<= 3.12) • netcat netcat 1.1 • netcat netcat 2.0 • netcat netcat 2.1 • netcat netcat 2.2 • netcat netcat 2.3 • netcat netcat 2.4 • netcat netcat 3.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References