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Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

CVE-2014-9619

High
7.2/10

Summary

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in webadmin/ajaxfilemanager/ajaxfilemanager.php in Netsweeper before 3.1.10, 4.0.x before 4.0.9, and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows remote authenticated users with admin privileges on the Cloud Manager web console to execute arbitrary PHP code by uploading a file with a double extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in webadmin/deny/images/, as demonstrated by secuid0.php.gif.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with dangerous type

'Unrestricted file upload with dangerous type' attacks involve an attacker uploading or transferring files of dangerous types to the server. The severity of such an attack depends upon the execution mechanism and the storage location of the uploaded file. Thus, it may range from simple defacement to arbitrary file execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published