CVE-2008-5728

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) the system parameter in modules/netshop/post.php; and the INCLUDE_FOLDER parameter in (2) auth.inc.php, (3) banner.inc.php, (4) blog.inc.php, and (5) forum.inc.php in modules/.

Published: 2008-12-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5728 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.29%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5728

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
7560 exploit_db edb 2008-12-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5728

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-15 2.59% 3.29% +0.71%
2 2025-12-29 1.42% 2.59% +1.17%
3 2025-12-26 — 1.42% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5728

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5728

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netcat netcat <= 3.12 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netcat netcat 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5728

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