Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:30261

Info

Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30261
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2008-7084
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 16 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:27PM
Credit: Digital Security Research Group
Vulnerable: Hirsch Electronics Velocity Security Management System 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Velocity Security Management System is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. This issue occurs in the application's HTTP server.

Exploiting this issue will allow an attacker to view arbitrary local files within the context of the webserver. Information harvested may aid in launching further attacks.

Velocity Security Management System 1.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue via a browser.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com:[port]/../../../../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd

Solution / Fix

Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Velocity Security Management System HTTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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