CVE-2008-5728

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5728
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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/.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netcat Netcat 1.1 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 2.0 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 2.1 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 2.2 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 2.3 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 2.4 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat 3.0 All All All
Application Netcat Netcat All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AIST Netcat 3.1.2 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CMS NetCat 3.12 - Multiple Vulnerabilities - PHP webapps Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CMS NetCat <= 3.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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