CVE-2008-5742

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-5742
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-26 20:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/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 Exploit
CMS NetCat 3.12 - Multiple Vulnerabilities - PHP webapps Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
CMS NetCat <= 3.12 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
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