CVE-2014-9605

Description

WebUpgrade 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 bypass authentication and create a system backup tarball, restart the server, or stop the filters on the server via a ' (single quote) character in the login and password parameters to webupgrade/webupgrade.php. NOTE: this was originally reported as an SQL injection vulnerability, but this may be inaccurate.

Weakness classification

• CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• cve@mitre.org — Exploit
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit