WQuinn QuotaAdvisor 4.1 Disk Quota Bypass Vulnerability

BID:1724

Info

WQuinn QuotaAdvisor 4.1 Disk Quota Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 1724
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 28 2000 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 28 2000 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to Bugtraq on September 28, 2000 by the Delphis Security Team <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: WQuinn QuotaAdvisor 4.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WQuinn QuotaAdvisor 4.1 Disk Quota Bypass Vulnerability

WQuinn QuotaAdvisor is a disk usage management application which sets and enforces disk quotas on systems running Windows NT 4.0 and 2000.

It is possible to bypass the disk quotas set by QuotaAdvisor through the use alternate data streams (other than the default) implemented by utilities such as CAT (available from the NT Resource Kit).

For example:

cat c:\45mbfile.doc > 0mbfile.doc:hidden

would make the 45 MB file appear to QuotaAdvisor as a 0 MB file. Thus, any disk quota policies imposed by QuotaAdvisor would be rendered ineffective.

Exploit / POC

WQuinn QuotaAdvisor 4.1 Disk Quota Bypass Vulnerability

See discussion.
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