CVE - CVE-2006-2531

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-2531	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via HTTP headers, which allows remote attackers to spoof being a trusted console and bypass authentication by setting HTTP User-Agent header to "Ipswitch/1.0" and the User-Application header to "NmConsole".
References
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BID:18019 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019 BUGTRAQ:20060517 Re: [Full-disclosure] What's Up Professional Spoofing Authentication Bypass URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20060517 What's Up Professional Spoofing Authentication Bypass URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded MISC:http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf VUPEN:ADV-2006-1849 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849~~ (Obsolete source) XF:whatsup-http-auth-bypass(26529) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060522	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060522)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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