Portcullis Security Advisory 05-010

["Paul J Docherty" <PJD () portcullis-security com>]

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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information.
 
 
 


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