file.cgi in Secure Computing SecurityReporter (aka Network Security Analyzer) before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication…

Published 19 y ago 2007-07-27 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.6%

percentile 75%

Public exploits

none known

file.cgi in Secure Computing SecurityReporter (aka Network Security Analyzer) before 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a name parameter ending with a "%00.gif" sequence. NOTE: a separate traversal vulnerability could be leveraged to download arbitrary files.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: Proof of concept public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago 2025-04-03

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.56% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

oliverkarow.de /research/securityreporter.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=118522960430476&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2007-4043
NVD: CVE-2007-4043

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