NetCat 5.01 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the installation path via the redirect_url parameter to netshop/post.php.

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• netcat netcatup to 5.01 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2004-1317Stack-based buffer overflow in doexec.c in Netcat for Windows 1.1, when running with the -e option, allows remote attackers to execute arbit
  48Plan
• CVE-2008-5730Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to have an unknown impact via unspecified vec
  31Monitor
• CVE-2008-6853SQL injection vulnerability in modules/poll/index.php in AIST NetCat 3.0 and 3.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands
  30Monitor
• CVE-2008-5727SQL injection vulnerability in modules/auth/password_recovery.php in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled, allows
  28Monitor
• CVE-2008-5728Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_globals is enab
  21Monitor
• CVE-2008-5742Multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and c
  17Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.