PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

BID:12778

Info

PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12778
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 10 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 10 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of these issues is credited to "Sowhat ." <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PY Software Active WebCam 5.5
PY Software Active WebCam 4.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

Active Webcam webserver is reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The following individual issues are reported:

The first issue, a denial of service is reported to manifest when a request is received for a file that exists on a floppy drive.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to deny service for legitimate users.

A denial of service is reported to exist when the 'Filelist.html' file is requested.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to deny service for legitimate users.

An installation path disclosure vulnerability is reported to affect Active Webcam. It is reported that a request for a non-existent file will result in an error message that contains the installation path of the software.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to gain information regarding the filesystem on a target computer.

An information disclosure vulnerability is reported to affect Active Webcam. It is reported that this vulnerability exists because different error messages are returned to a request for a file depending on whether the file exists or not.

A remote attacker may exploit this issue to gain information regarding the filesystem on a target computer.

Exploit / POC

PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

The following examples are available:

http://www.example.com:8080/Filelist.html
http://www.example.com:8080/A:\a.txt
http://www.example.com:8080/a

Solution / Fix

PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities

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