CVE-2006-2531

high

Description

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".

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded

http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-22

Updated: 2018-10-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High