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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Post-Nuke pnTresMailer Directory Traversal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains if pnTresMailer is vulnerable to a Directory Traversal

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running a version of the pnTresMailer PostNuke module
which is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

A possible hacker may use this flaw to read arbitrary files on the remote
web server, with the rights of the web server process.

Solution : Upgrade to the latest version of this module
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 11767

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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