Virtual Vision FTP Browser Vulnerability

BID:1471

Info

Virtual Vision FTP Browser Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1471
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 12 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2000 12:00AM
Credit: This vulneratility was first reported to Bugtraq in a message by zillion @ safemode <[email protected]> on July 12, 2000.
Vulnerable: Virtual Vision FTP Browser 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Virtual Vision FTP Browser Vulnerability

The Virtual Visions FTP Browser is a CGI script that provides an HTML interface to files that you have available to download. By submitting a request to the script containing the special directory traversal characters it is possible to access any directory on the filesystem. For example:

http://www.server.com/cgi-bin/ftp/ftp.pl?dir=../../../../../../etc

Exploit / POC

Virtual Vision FTP Browser Vulnerability

See discussion.

Solution / Fix

Virtual Vision FTP Browser 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].

References

Virtual Vision FTP Browser Vulnerability

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