Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 1.2 crystalimagehandler.aspx path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 1.2 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file crystalimagehandler.aspx. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-0204. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Business Objects Crystal Enterprise 1.2. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file crystalimagehandler.aspx. The manipulation with an unknown input 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

directory traversal vulnerability in the web viewers for business objects crystal reports 9 and 10 and crystal enterprise 9 or 10 as used in visual studio .net 2003 and outlook 2003 with business contact manager microsoft business solutions crm 1.2 and other products allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via ".." sequences in the dynamicimag argument to crystalimagehandler.aspx.

The bug was discovered 04/20/2004. The weakness was disclosed 08/06/2004 by Moran Surf and Amichai Shulman with Imperva (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0204 since 03/11/2004. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 50 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:crystalimagehandler.aspx it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 12271 (MS04-017: Crystal Reports Web Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure and DoS (842689) (uncredentialed check)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90113 (Crystal Reports Web Viewer Information Disclosure/Denial of Service (MS04-017)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 2581. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 2840.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16044), Exploit-DB (24077), Tenable (12271), SecurityFocus (BID 10260†) and OSVDB (6748†). The entry VDB-21810 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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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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Nessus ID: 12271
Nessus Name: MS04-017: Crystal Reports Web Viewer Could Allow Information Disclosure and DoS (842689) (uncredentialed check)
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OpenVAS ID: 101004
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft MS04-017 security check
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 2581
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP SAP Crystal Reports crystalimagehandler.aspx access
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03/11/2004 🔍
04/20/2004 +40 days 🔍
05/03/2004 +13 days 🔍
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06/08/2004 +36 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Moran Surf, Amichai Shulman
Organization: Imperva
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2004-0204 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0204
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22012

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X-Force: 16044
SecurityFocus: 10260 - Business Objects Crystal Reports Web Form Viewer Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 11800
OSVDB: 6748 - Business Objects Crystal Reports/Enterprise crystalimagehandler.aspx Arbitrary File Manipulation
Vulnerability Center: 4423 - [MS04-017] Crystal Reports for Microsoft Windows Allow Files Deletion and Retrieval, Medium

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

Created: 12/05/2014 11:24
Updated: 08/30/2025 10:47
Changes: 12/05/2014 11:24 (87), 05/21/2019 18:43 (3), 07/13/2025 11:10 (20), 08/30/2025 10:47 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:13A:103

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