eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

BID:14176

Info

eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14176
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 06 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by c0ntex - c0ntexb[at]gmail.com.
Vulnerable: Documentum eRoom 6.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

The eRoom plug-in is prone to an insecure file download handling vulnerability.

The issue is due to a design fault, where files that are shared by users are apparently passed to default file handlers when downloaded. This can occur without user knowledge, and can be a security risk for certain file types on certain platforms.

Exploit / POC

eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

No exploit is required, the following examples are available:

Create and upload a shortcut file that contains the following:
%SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /k net user hacker hackerpass /ADD

The following HTML code demonstrates an attack that will obtain, for the attacker, the cookie value of the target user session:

Solution / Fix

eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

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

eRoom Plug-In Insecure File Download Handling Vulnerability

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