OSVDB ID: 14010

Title: WebConnect jretest.html Traversal Arbitrary File Access

Info

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

WebConnect

6.4.4
6.5

References

Credit

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


Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/36218