Portcullis Security Advisory 05-010
Portcullis Security Advisory
Vulnerable System:
MediaPartner 5.0
Vulnerability Title:
Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Cross Site Scripting Issue
Vulnerability discovery and development:
Portcullis Security Testing Service
Affected systems:
Emotion MediaPartner Web Server Version 5.0 (5.1 not confirmed)
Details:
The MediaPartner 5.0 web-server is vulnerable to directory
traversal. By specifying an HTTP request containing the string
'../' an attacker can gain access to files outside of the intended
web-published file system directory.
The directory-browsing page generated by the directory traversal
vulnerability is vulnerable to URL cross-site scripting
vulnerability.
Impact:
This allows an attacker to gain access to any file on the drive the
web-published file system is installed to.
An attacker can craft a URL that contains malicious code. When a
victim follows the URL the malicious code is executed by their
browser.
Exploit:
No exploit Code required. Examples: http://target_ip/../../../boot.ini
http://target_ip/../../<script>alert(.portcullis.)</script>../../
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