Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:4759

Info

Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4759
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-0772
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 17 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 12:46PM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to [email protected] <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4 b
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.3
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
 Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.1
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1
 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Hosting Controller is an application which consolidates all hosting tasks into one interface. Hosting Controller runs on Microsoft Windows operating systems.

The DSNManager script does not sufficiently filter dot-dot-slash (../) sequences from URL parameters, making it prone to directory traversal attacks. An attacker can exploit this condition to disclose the contents of arbitrary web-readable files or potentially add a DSN (Data Source Number) to an arbitrary directory.

Exploit / POC

Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

This issue may be exploited with a web browser. The following example was submitted:

http://target/admin/dsn/dsnmanager.asp?
DSNAction=ChangeRoot&amp;RootName=D:\webspace\opendnsserver\targ
et\target.com\db\..\..\..\..\

Solution / Fix

Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
A patch has been made available:


Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.1

Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.3

Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4 b

Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4

Hosting Controller Hosting Controller 1.4.1

References

Hosting Controller DSNManager Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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