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CVE-2008-5742

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 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-59

Description

Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via (1) the redirect parameter in a logoff action to modules/auth/index.php or (2) the url parameter to modules/linkmanager/redirect.php. NOTE: this was reported within an "HTTP Response Splitting" section in the original disclosure.

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://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32992
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560

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