CVE-2004-0798 - Buffer overflow

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CVE Information|Basic Analysis|Framework Mapping|Web Framework Mapping|Compliance

CVE Information

Original CVE data

Published: October 20, 2004

Updated: August 27, 2024

Buffer overflow in the _maincfgret.cgi script for Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold before 8.03 Hotfix 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long instancename parameter.

CWE:

CVSS v27.5

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3-

References

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?type=vulnerabilities

http://www.ipswitch.com/Support/WhatsUp/patch-upgrades.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11043

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17111

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/566/

Affected Vendors

Progress - (1)

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Basic Analysis

Common vulnerability metrics

Vulnerabilty type as detected by PRIOⁿengine

Buffer overflow

CVSS Scores as calculated by PRIOⁿengine

CVSS v27.5

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v39.8

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Exploits

Exploits are available either through exploit packs, Github repos or the world wide web in general.

Active Exploitation

Vulnerability is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. See the KEV Catalog

Social Network Activity

Threat Actor Activity

No sightings of the vulnerability within threat reports.

Cybersecurity Frameworks

How the vulnerability maps against various cybersecurity frameworks

T1499.004 - Endpoint Denial of Service (Application or System Exploitation)

T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter

Compliance Impact

How the submited vulnerability affects compliance

PCI DSS v3.2.1-6.5.2 - Buffer Overflows

Web Application Security Frameworks

Applicable if the issue likely affects a web application