My GetRight "skin" allows remote attacker to overwrite existing files
| mygetright-skin-overwrite-file (6155) |  High Risk |
Description:
My GetRight could allow a malicious Web site operator to upload or overwrite existing files on a visiting user's computer, due to a vulnerability in the 'skins' option. Web site operators use the 'skins' option to customize downloads from their Web site. A malicious Web site operator can create a malformed 'skin' that uses long strings of random data for certain fields to cause the My GetRight GUI (graphical user interface) to terminate while the download continues, overwriting files on the visiting user's computer.
Platforms Affected:
- Headlight Software, My GetRight prior to 1.0b
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of My GetRight (1.0b or later), available from the My GetRight Download Page. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- My GetRight Download Page, My GetRight: Download! at http://www.mygetright.com/get.html.
- Strumpf Noir Society Security Advisory, My Getright Unsupervised File Download Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0422.html.
- CVE-2001-0605: Headlight Software MyGetright prior to 1.0b allows a remote attacker to upload and/or overwrite arbitrary files via a malicious .dld (skins-data) file which contains long strings of random data.
Reported:
Feb 26, 2001
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