MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:1231

Info

MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1231
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: May 19 2000 12:00AM
Updated: May 19 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Double dot vulnerability discovered by Wyzewun and publicized in Forbidden Knowledge Ezine 9 on May 19, 2000.
Vulnerable: MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.2 x
MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.1 x
MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.0 x
Not Vulnerable: MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.4 x
MetaProducts Offline Explorer 1.3 x

Discussion

MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

MetaProducts Offline Explorer is an application that allows a user to download the contents of a website or FTP site for offline browsing at a later time.

It is possible to view known files on a system Offline Explorer resides on. By default, Offline Explorer listens on port 800. A remote user may retrieve the contents of known files without any authorization whatsoever by performing a GET request and implementing the double dot "../..\" directory traversal technique.

Eg.

http://target:800/../..\

Exploit / POC

MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

http://target:800/../..\

Solution / Fix

MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
MetaProducts has released an upgrade version of Offline Explorer which is not susceptible to this vulnerability:

Offline Explorer 1.4 Service Release 2
http://www.metaproducts.com/download/oesetup.exe

Offline Explorer Pro 1.4 Service Release 2
http://www.metaproducts.com/download/opsetup.exe

References

MetaProducts Offline Explorer Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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