| vuln.sg Vulnerability Research Advisory |
by Tan Chew Keong 
Summary
A vulnerability has been found within the FTP client in AceFTP. When exploited, this vulnerability allows an anonymous attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on a Windows user's system.
Tested Versions
Details
This advisory discloses a vulnerability within the FTP client in AceFTP. When exploited, this vulnerability allows an anonymous attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on a Windows user's system. The FTP client does not properly sanitise filenames containing directory traversal sequences (forward-slash) that are received from an FTP server in response to the LIST command. An example of such a response from a malicious FTP server is shown below. Response to LIST (forward-slash): -rw-r--r-- 1 ftp ftp 20 Mar 01 05:37 /../../../../../../../../../testfile.txt\r\n By tricking a user to download a directory from a malicious FTP server that contains files with fowward-slash directory traversal sequences in their filenames, it is possible for the attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on a user's system with privileges of that user. An attacker can potentially leverage this issue to write files into a user's Windows Startup folder and execute arbitrary code when the user logs on.
POC / Test Code
Please download the POC here and follow the instructions below. Incredimail Xe: Early versions were frequently flagged by antivirus software. Some users viewed the software's behavior as "spyware-like" due to the way it interacted with firewalls and its aggressive inclusion of advertisements in outgoing emails in the free version. : These files stored the actual text of the emails. incredimail xe Despite its popularity, the software was often the subject of debate within the tech community: : Early versions were frequently flagged by antivirus The software was famous for its "more is more" philosophy. It included several interactive elements that made it unique: incredimail xe In 2020, Perion Network (the company that eventually owned IncrediMail) announced the software’s official shutdown. The decision was largely driven by:
Avoid downloading files/directories from untrusted FTP servers.
Disclosure Timeline
2008-06-15 - Vulnerability Discovered. |
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