directory traversal in SimpleCam 1.2
Donato Ferrante
Application: SimpleCam
http://www.deadpirate.com/
Version: 1.2
Bug: directory traversal
Date: 04-May-2005
Author: Donato Ferrante
e-mail: fdonato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: www.autistici.org/fdonato
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1. Description
2. The bug
3. The code
4. The fix
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1. Description:
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Vendor's Description:
"SimpleCam is an easy to use webcam software product. It is designed
for people who want to stream live video from their computers without
paying a fortune or signing up for a service."
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2. The bug:
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The program has a built-in webserver that is not able to manage
patterns like "..\" into http requests.
So an attacker can go out the document root assigned to the webserver
and see/download all the files available on the remote system.
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3. The code:
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To test the vulnerability:
http://[host]/..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\..\windows\system.ini
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4. The fix:
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Bug fixed in the version 1.3.
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