CVE-2006-2531

Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to spoof being a trusted console and bypass authentication by setting HTTP User-Agent header to "Ipswitch/1.0" and the User-Application header to "NmConsole".

CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:whatsup:professional_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2006-05-22 16:10

Updated : 2018-10-18 09:40

NVD link : CVE-2006-2531

Mitre link : CVE-2006-2531

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

ipswitch

whatsup

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