Cruiseworks Cws.EXE Doc Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20698
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 24 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 24 2006 11:33PM
Credit:	Tan Chew Keong is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Cruiseworks Cruiseworks 1.09.d Cruiseworks Cruiseworks 1.09.c
Not Vulnerable:	Cruiseworks Cruiseworks 1.09.e

Cruiseworks Cws.EXE Doc Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Cruiseworks is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid attackers in further attacks.

Cruiseworks 1.09c and 1.09d are reported vulnerable; other versions may be affected as well.

Cruiseworks Cws.EXE Doc Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

An example URI is as follows:

http://www.example.com/Scripts/cruise/cws.exe?doc=../data/system.wdb

Note: the above URI requires a login to the application.

Cruiseworks Cws.EXE Doc Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.09e to address this issue.


Cruiseworks Cruiseworks 1.09.d

• Cruiseworks Cruiseworks 1.09e
  http://www.kynos.co.jp/cruise/cws/home.shtml

Cruiseworks Cws.EXE Doc Directory Traversal Vulnerability

References:

• CruiseWorks Directory Traversal and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (Tan Chew Kong)
  
• Cruiseworks Homepage (Cruiseworks)