CVE-2008-5728

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the system parameter in modules/netshop/post.php; and the INCLUDE_FOLDER parameter in (2) auth.inc.php, (3) banner.inc.php, (4) blog.inc.php, and (5) forum.inc.php in modules/.

Affected products

Netcat: through 3.12; 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 (+1)

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32992
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47576
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4819
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32992
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47576
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560

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