33162 : Kiwi CatTools TFTP Server Traversal Arbitrary File Manipulation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date Exploit Publish Date
2007-02-09 2007-02-09

Description

Kiwi CatTools contains a flaw that allows a remote attacker to grab and put files outside of the tftp root path. The issue is due to the KiwiTFTP.dll server component does not properly sanitizing user input, specifically directory traversal style attacks ([character]//..//) supplied via the get and put commands resulting in a loss of confidentiality. This flaw could possible lead to further attacks on the system by uploading arbitrary files.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to Kiwi CatTools version 3.2.9 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, Kiwi Enterprises has released a patch to upgrade the "KiwiTFTP.dll" file to version 1.0.0.8.

Products

Kiwi Enterprises
Watch-list
Kiwi CatTools
Watch-list
3.2.8 Beta
3.2.7
3.2.6
3.2.5
3.2.4
3.2.3
3.2.2
3.2.1
3.2.0 Beta
3.1.1
3.1.0 Beta
3.0.x
2.2.x
2.1.x
2.0.x

References

Tools & Filters

24747

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

  • Nicob - nicobnicob.net -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-02-13 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_2 Integrity_impact_2 Availability_impact_2

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