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FlexWATCH Authentication Bypassing

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Detect FlexWATCH Authentication Bypassing

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

There is a vulnerability in the current version of FlexWATCH that permits an
attacker to access administrative sections without being required to
authenticate.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to gain the list of user accounts on this system
and the ability to reconfigure this service.

This is done by adding an additional '/' at the begining of the URL.

Solution : None at this time - filter incoming traffic to this port
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 8942

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Noam Rathaus

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