UltraEdit Directory Traversal Vulnerability

vendor:

UltraEdit

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Directory Traversal

CWE

Product Name: UltraEdit

Affected Version From: UltraEdit 14.00b

Affected Version To: Other versions may also be affected.

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2008

UltraEdit Directory Traversal Vulnerability

UltraEdit is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. This issue occurs in the FTP/SFTP client. Exploiting this issue will allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to locations outside of the application's current directory. This could help the attacker launch further attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent directory traversal attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29784/info

UltraEdit is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input. This issue occurs in the FTP/SFTP client.

Exploiting this issue will allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to locations outside of the application's current directory. This could help the attacker launch further attacks.

UltraEdit 14.00b is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

Response to LIST (backslash):

\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\testfile.txt\r\n

Response to LIST (forward-slash):
/../../../../../../../../../testfile.txt\r\n

Response to LIST (backslash and forward-slash):
../..\/..\/..\/../..\/../..\/../testfile.txt\r\n