Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:11460

Info

Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11460
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0916
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 19 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:06AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: cabextract cabextract 1.0
cabextract cabextract 0.6
cabextract cabextract 0.2
Not Vulnerable: cabextract cabextract 1.1

Discussion

Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

cabextract is reported prone to a remote directory traversal vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data.

An attacker may exploit this issue to corrupt or manipulate sensitive data. This may aid in further attacks against a computer.

cabextract versions 1.0 and prior are reported prone to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an upgrade to address this issue.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 574-1) to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


cabextract cabextract 0.2

cabextract cabextract 0.6

cabextract cabextract 1.0

References

Cabextract Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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