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

Description

file.cgi in Secure Computing SecurityReporter (aka Network Security Analyzer) 4.6.3 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a name parameter that specifies the eventcache directory and a non-GIF file, which causes the $dontvalidate variable to be set to true. NOTE: a separate traversal vulnerability could be leveraged to download arbitrary files.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (6)

• securityreporter-name-security-bypass(35591) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.securecomputing.com/index.cfm?skey=1429 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 26167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 25027 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/securityreporter.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 20070720 Secure Computing - Security Reporter Auth Bypass and Directory Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2007-3986](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2007-3986.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2007-3986)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 14:37 UTC.