Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 up to 1.2 WebAdmin path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 up to 1.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component WebAdmin. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4243. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 up to 1.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component WebAdmin. 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. CVE summarizes:

Directory traversal vulnerability in ImageServer (aka UTImageServer) in WebAdmin before 1.7 for Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) 1.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI.

The weakness was disclosed 09/25/2008 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4243 since 09/25/2008. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by Luigi Auriemma and been published before and not just after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45292), Exploit-DB (6506), SecurityFocus (BID 31272†) and Secunia (SA31926†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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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: Highly functional
Author: Luigi Auriemma
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unreal Tournament 3 1.3

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4243 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4243
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44192
X-Force: 45292 - UT3 WebAdmin ImageServer.uc directory traversal
SecurityFocus: 31272 - Epic Games Unreal Tournament 3 UT3 WebAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia: 31926 - Unreal Tournament 3 WebAdmin Directory Traversal Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2635

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 11/04/2024 11:05
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (55), 11/26/2017 16:44 (14), 11/04/2024 11:05 (17)
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