Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat up to 4.1 SR2 URL path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat up to 4.1 SR2. This affects an unknown function of the component URL Handler. This manipulation with the input ... causes path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0615. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat up to 4.1 SR2 (Chat Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with the input value ... leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat server prior to 4.1 SR3 allows a remote attacker to read arbitrary files via a specially crafted URL which includes variations of a .. (dot dot) attack such as ... or .... .

The weakness was shared 05/21/2001 by nemesystm (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2001-0615. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 4.1 SR3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6601), Exploit-DB (20882), SecurityFocus (BID 2776†) and OSVDB (1841†). The entry VDB-17180 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Freestyle Chat 4.1 SR3

Timelineinfo

05/21/2001 🔍
05/21/2001 +0 days 🔍
05/25/2001 +4 days 🔍
08/14/2001 +81 days 🔍
02/21/2003 +556 days 🔍
07/07/2014 +4153 days 🔍
12/21/2024 +3820 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: nemesystm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0615 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0615
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17179
X-Force: 6601 - FreeStyle Chat server \
SecurityFocus: 2776 - Faust Informatics Freestyle Chat Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1841 - Freestyle Chat Server Arbitrary File Access

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/08/2014 01:01
Updated: 12/21/2024 16:58
Changes: 07/08/2014 01:01 (62), 04/08/2019 17:00 (1), 12/21/2024 16:58 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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