HP Jet Admin 7.x Traversal Arbitrary Command Execution

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 1211

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a directory traversal flaw

Description

The remote host is an HP Web JetAdmin server. 7.X versions of this server are vulnerable to a directory traversal attack which can reveal the contents of arbitrary files, or be used to execute arbitrary commands.

Solution

Set a password for the JetAdmin and ensure that you are running the latest version of the Webserver software. In addition, the device supports IP-based Access Control Lists (ACLs) which can be used to restrict access to only valid administrators.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 1211

Family: Web Servers

Published: 8/20/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 12120

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1857

BID: 9973

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