14010 : WebConnect jretest.html Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Last Modified
7 months ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Feb 21, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Feb 21, 2005

Solution
Unknown

Description

 WebConnect contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to read the contents of arbitrary files outside of the web path. The issue is due to jretest.html not properly sanitizing user input, specifically traversal style attacks (../../) supplied via the WCP_USER variable.

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 6.5.1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
OpenConnect Systems, Incorporated
Watch-list
WebConnect
Watch-list
 6.4.4
6.5

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Credit
  • Dennis Rand - advisoryBrand New Doo Doocirt.dk - Danish Computer Incident Response Team

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