HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:1243

Info

HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1243
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: May 24 2000 12:00AM
Updated: May 24 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by USSR Labs <[email protected]> on May 24, 2000.
Vulnerable: HP JetAdmin 5.6
- HP HP-UX 11.0 4
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- Linux kernel 2.2 .x
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Novell Netware 5.1
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
HP JetAdmin 5.5.177
- HP HP-UX 11.0 4
- HP HP-UX 11.0
- HP HP-UX 10.20
- Linux kernel 2.2 .x
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Novell Netware 5.1
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

By default JetAdmin Web Interface Server listens on port 8000. By requesting a specially formed URL which includes "../" it is possible for a remote user to gain read-access to any files outside of the web-published directory.

Exploit / POC

HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

http://target:8000/cgi/wja?page=/../../../filename

Solution / Fix

HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution:
Upgrade to Version 6.0:

http://www.hp.com/cposupport/swindexes/hpwebjetad1880_swen.html

References

HP Web JetAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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