NetIQ WebTrends 6.1a Reporting Center /viewreport.pl profileid information disclosure

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
3.4$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in NetIQ WebTrends 6.1a. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /viewreport.pl of the component Reporting Center. Such manipulation of the argument profileid leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-2748. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. Restrictive firewalling should be applied.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in NetIQ WebTrends 6.1a. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the file /viewreport.pl of the component Reporting Center. The manipulation of the argument profileid with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

viewreport.pl in NetIQ WebTrends Reporting Center Enterprise Edition 6.1a allows remote attackers to determine the installation path via an invalid profileid parameter, which leaks the pathname in an error message.

The bug was discovered 01/05/2004. The weakness was presented 01/20/2004 by Oliver Karow as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2748 since 11/08/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The exploit is available at server. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 15 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at netiq.com.Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (23559), SecurityFocus (BID 9460†), OSVDB (3680†), Secunia (SA10689†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1008799†). oliverkarow.de is providing further details. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Download: 🔍

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Exploit-DB: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Patch: netiq.com

Timelineinfo

01/05/2004 🔍
01/20/2004 +15 days 🔍
01/20/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2004 +1 days 🔍
01/21/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2004 +0 days 🔍
01/21/2004 +0 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +344 days 🔍
11/08/2007 +1042 days 🔍
10/11/2025 +6547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microfocus.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Oliver Karow
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2748 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-488
SecurityFocus: 9460 - WebTrends Reporting Center Management Interface Path Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 10689 - WebTrends Exposure of Installation Path, Not Critical
OSVDB: 3680 - WebTrends viewreport.pl profileid Variable Path Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1008799

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Misc.: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2004 11:27
Updated: 10/11/2025 06:08
Changes: 01/21/2004 11:27 (78), 06/27/2019 16:42 (1), 10/11/2025 06:08 (22)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216:6F7:103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Interested in the pricing of exploits?

See the underground prices here!