Digicraft Software Yak up to 2.1.2 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Digicraft Software Yak up to 2.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2004-2184. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Digicraft Software Yak up to 2.1.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Digicraft Yak! server 2.0 through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files via "../" or "..\" sequences in commands such as (1) dir or (2) put.

The bug was discovered 09/15/2004. The weakness was released 10/15/2004 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at aluigi.altervista.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-2184 since 07/11/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available 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 31 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27250 (Yak! Chat Client FTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17740), Exploit-DB (24684), SecurityFocus (BID 11433†), OSVDB (10763†) and Secunia (SA12849†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: aluigi.altervista.org
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2184 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2184
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23096
X-Force: 17740
SecurityFocus: 11433 - Yak! Chat Client FTP Server Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 12849
OSVDB: 10763 - Yak! File Upload Traversal Arbitrary File Overwrite
SecurityTracker: 1011708
Vulnerability Center: 13495 - Digicraft Yak! Server 2.0-2.1.2 Directory Traversal Allows Remote Reading and Writing of Files, High

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 08/17/2025 20:34
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (67), 07/12/2019 12:08 (4), 08/17/2025 20:34 (23)
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