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CVE-2008-5742

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5742 describes multiple open redirect vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat versions 3.12 and earlier. Attackers can exploit these flaws by manipulating the 'redirect' parameter in modules/auth/index.php or the 'url' parameter in modules/linkmanager/redirect.php to redirect users to arbitrary malicious websites, facilitating phishing attacks. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and partial impact on integrity and availability. While no active exploitation is noted, exploit code is available via ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7560 · Dec 23, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0203 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/4819
exploit-db.com / exploits/7560
securityfocus.com / bid/32992
Exploit