WinImage IMG or ISO files directory traversal
| winimage-imgiso-directory-traversal (36663) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WinImage could allow a remote attacker to traverse directories on the system, caused by improper validation of extracted IMG or ISO files. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted IMG or ISO file containing "dot dot" sequences (/../) in the filename, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to traverse directories and extract files to arbitrary locations on the system.
Platforms Affected:
- Gilles Vollant Software, WinImage 8.10 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Sep 15 2007 - 13:22:54 CDT, WinImage 8.10 vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0159.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Sep 18 2007 - 15:05:05 CDT, A little advisory content correction. at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0196.html.
- WinImage Web site, WinImage at http://www.winimage.com/winimage.htm.
- BID-25687: WinImage Image Files Denial of Service and Directory Traversal Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4962: Directory traversal vulnerability in WinImage 8.10 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a filename within a (1) .IMG or (2) .ISO file. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
- SA26832: WinImage Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Reported:
Sep 15, 2007
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