CVE-2015-8368

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-8368
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-17 19:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionntopng (aka ntop) before 2.2 allows remote authenticated users to change the login context and gain privileges via the user cookie and username parameter to admin/password_reset.lua.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-254 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ntop Ntopng All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ntop-ng 2.0.15102 Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
ntop-ng 2.0.151021 - Privilege Escalation - Multiple webapps Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
Full Disclosure: ntop-ng <= 2.0.151021 - Privilege Escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
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