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Directory Traversal in SmartFTP
From: advisory () htbridge ch
Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:52:17 +0200 (CEST)
Vulnerability ID: HTB22525Reference:http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/directory_traversal_in_smartftp.htmlProduct: SmartFTPVendor: SmartSoft Ltd (http://www.smartftp.com/ ) Vulnerable Version: 4.0.1124.0 (32 and 64 bit) and Probably Prior VersionsVendor Notification: 22 July 2010 Vulnerability Type: Directory Traversal VulnerabilityStatus: Fixed by VendorRisk level: High Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details:When exploited, this vulnerability allows an anonymous attacker to write files to specified locations on a user's system.The FTP client does not properly sanitise filenames containing directory traversal sequences that are received from an FTP server, for examplefile named as "..\..\..\..\..\..\..\somefile.exe".By tricking a user to download a directory from a malicious FTP server that contains files with backslash directory traversal sequences in their filenames, an attacker can potentially write files into a user's Startup folder to execute malicious code when the user logs on.Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version
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