CVE-2008-5692 (GCVE-0-2008-5692)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-12-19 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 11:04
VLAI
Summary
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server Manager before 6.1.1, and possibly other Ipswitch products, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and read logs via a logLogout action to FTPLogServer/login.asp followed by a request to FTPLogServer/LogViewer.asp with the localhostnull account name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server611/Release… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0473 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/wsftpweblog-adv.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27654 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487697/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487686/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/28822 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-02-06 00:00
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