26908 : QuickZip Multiple Archive Traversal Arbitrary File Write
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Last Modified
4 months ago

Percent Complete
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Disclosure
Jun 29, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Jun 29, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 QuickZip contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to place malicious files to arbitrary locations outside of the specified directory. The issue is due to the program not properly sanitizing user input when extracting TAR, GZ and JAR archives, specifically directory traversal style attacks (../../).

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required, Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

 Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workarounds: do not extract untrusted archives, do not extract files as an administrative user.

Products
QuickZip
Watch-list
QuickZip
Watch-list
 3.06.3

References

Credit
  • Claus Berghammer -

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