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CVE-2006-2531
Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional 2006 only verifies the user's identity via...
Vulnerability 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".
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434247/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434447/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1849
- http://www.ftusecurity.com/pub/whatsup.public.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18019
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26529
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
professional_2006
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 22nd, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.