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3Com Network Supervisor Traversal Arbitrary File Access

high Nessus Plugin ID 19939

Synopsis

It is possible to retrieve arbitrary files on the remote host.

Description

The remote host is running 3Com Network Supervisor, a network monitoring application.

The version of 3Com Network Supervisor installed on the remote host is prone to a directory traversal attack and, as such, allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the same filesystem as the application.

Solution

Apply the appropriate Critical Update 1 from 3Com.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0bd2df4e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19939

File Name: 3com_network_supervisor_dir_traversal.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 10/6/2005

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Exploited by Nessus: true

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2020

BID: 14715