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SiteMinder HTML Page Injection Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for a flaw in SiteMinder

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is running Netegrity SiteMinder, an access management solution.

The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a page injection flaw
which may permit a possible hacker to trick users into sending him their username
and passwords, by sending them a link to the 'smpwservicescgi.exe' program
with a rogue TARGET argument value which will redirect them to an arbitrary
website after they authenticated to the remote service.

Solution : Upgrade to the newest version of this software
Network Security Threat Level: Medium

Networks Security ID: 12284

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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