Network Administration Visualized Web interface code execution
| nav-web-interface-code-execution (30174) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Network Administration Visualized could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrarty code on the system, caused by improper validation in the Web interface. A local attacker with write access to the local file system could exploit this vulnerability using unspecified directory traversal techniques to execute arbitrary code with privileges of the Web server.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.9 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 2.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Network Administration Visualized (3.1.1 or later), available from the Network Administration Visualized Web site. See References.
References:
- Network Administration Visualized Web site: NAV - MetaNAV.
- SourceForge.net: Files: Network Administration Visualized - File Release Notes and Changelog - Release Name: NAV 3.1.1.
- BID-20995: Network Administration Visualized Unspecified Local Directory Traversal Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-5862: Directory traversal vulnerability in the session mechanism of the web interface for Network Administration Visualized (NAV) before 3.1.1 allows attackers with filesystem write access to have an unknown impact via unknown attack vectors.
- SA22766: Network Administration Visualized Privilege Escalation
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4447: Network Administration Visualized Web Interface Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology Network Administration Visualized prior to 3.1.1
Reported:
Nov 10, 2006
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