7794 : 4D WebSTAR Pre-Authentication FTP Overflow
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
14	1972	over 7 years ago	over 3 years ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2004-04-05	2004-07-13	2004-07-13

Time to Exploit
99 days

Description

A remote overflow exists in 4D WebSTAR. The FTP service fails to peform proper bounds checking on ftp commands resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, an attacker can cause cause arbitrary code execuation prior to authenticating to the server allowing the code to run in the context of "webstar user" and "wheel group", resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

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

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.3.3 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

4D	WebSTAR	5.3.2
		5.3.1
		5.3.0
		4.x
		3.x
		5.2.x
		5.1.x
		2.x
		1.x

References

Bugtraq ID: 10720
Secunia Advisory ID: 12063
ISS X-Force ID: 16686
CVE ID: 2004-0695 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 7795 7796 7797
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://ftp.4d.com/ACI_PRODUCT_REFERENCE_LIBRARY/4D_PRODUCT_DOCUMENTATION/PDF_Docs_by_4D_Product_A-Z/4D_WebSTAR/Software_Change_History.txt
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q3/0005.html
Vendor URL: http://www.4d.com/
Other Advisory URL: http://www.atstake.com/research/advisories/2004/a071304-1.txt

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Dave G. - davegatstake.com - @stake, Inc.

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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