Finjan SurfinGate file name security bypass
| finjan-surfingate-security-bypass (21010) |  High Risk |
Description:
Finjan SurfinGate could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions caused by a vulnerability with URL-encoded file names being improperly blocked. If the malicious file is not blocked based upon the Content-Type HTTP header, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted request to bypass the blocking of various file types.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Finjan Web site: Finjan Software.
- BID-13959: Finjan SurfinGate ASCII File Extension File Filter Circumvention Vulnerability
- CVE-2005-1994: Finjan SurfinGate 7.0SP2 and SP3 allows remote attackers to download blocked files via hex-encoded characters in a filename, as demonstrated using %2e.
- SA15711: Finjan SurfinGate URL Encoded URL Filtering Bypass
- VUPEN/ADV-2005-0778: Finjan SurfinGate ASCII File Extension Security Bypass Issue
Platforms Affected:
- Finjan Finjan SurfinGate 7.0 SP3
- Finjan Finjan SurfinGate 7.0 SP2
Reported:
Jun 15, 2005
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