Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:827

Info

Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 827
Class: Atomicity Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 29 1999 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 29 1999 12:00AM
Credit: Posted to bugtraq on November 29, 1999 by Ussr Labs <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Symantec Mail-Gear 1.0
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5
Not Vulnerable: Symantec Mail-Gear 1.1
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
- Sun Solaris 2.5

Discussion

Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Mail-Gear, a multi-purpose filtering email server, includes a webserver for remote administration and email retrieval. This webserver is vulnerable to the '../' directory traversal attack. By including the string '../' in the URL, remote attackers can gain read access to all files on the filesystem that the server has read access to.

Exploit / POC

Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

http: //target.host:8003/Display?what=../../../../../autoexec.bat
will display the server's autoexec.bat in a default NT installation.

Solution / Fix

Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Upgrade to version 1.1, available at:
http://www.symantec.com/urlabs/public/download/download.html

References

Symantec Mail-Gear Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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