Pablos FTP Server Unauthorized File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:9443

Info

Pablos FTP Server Unauthorized File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9443
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 19 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 19 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by scrap <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Pablo Software Solutions Pablos FTP Server 1.77
Not Vulnerable: Pablo Software Solutions Pablos FTP Server 1.8

Discussion

Pablos FTP Server Unauthorized File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

A vulnerability reportedly affects Pablos FTP server that can allow for a remote attacker to determine whether files outside of the FTP root directory exist or not. This behavior is exhibited when a client attempts to delete a file outside of the FTP root directory using a relative path comprised of ".." sequences. While the file is not deleted in any case, the error message displayed will differ depending on whether or not the file exists.

Exploit / POC

Solution / Fix

Pablos FTP Server Unauthorized File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
This vulnerability is reportedly eliminated in version 1.8, available at:

http://home.kabelfoon.nl/~pablovdm/download/ftpserver180.zip

References

Pablos FTP Server Unauthorized File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

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