4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

BID:10714

Info

4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10714
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 13 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 13 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to @stake inc.
Vulnerable: 4D WebSTAR 5.3.2
4D WebSTAR 5.3.1
4D WebSTAR 5.3
4D WebSTAR 5.2.4
4D WebSTAR 5.2.3
4D WebSTAR 5.2.2
4D WebSTAR 5.2.1
4D WebSTAR 5.2
4D WebSTAR 4.0
- Apple Mac OS 8 8.6
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
Not Vulnerable: 4D WebSTAR 5.3.3

Discussion

4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

4D WebStar is reportedly vulnerable to a symbolic link vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that causes the application to open files without properly verifying their existence or their absolute location.

Successful exploitation of this issue will allow an attacker to write to arbitrary files writable by the affected application, facilitating privilege escalation.

Exploit / POC

4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

It has been reported that an exploit has been developed to leverage this issue, however it is not known to be publicly circulating.

Solution / Fix

4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade dealing with this issue.


4D WebSTAR 5.2

4D WebSTAR 5.2.1

4D WebSTAR 5.2.2

4D WebSTAR 5.2.3

4D WebSTAR 5.2.4

4D WebSTAR 5.3

4D WebSTAR 5.3.1

4D WebSTAR 5.3.2

References

4D WebStar Symbolic Link Vulnerability

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