Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the BlueCat Networks Proteus IPAM appliance 2.0.2.0 (Adonis DNS/DHCP appliance 5.0.2.8) allows remote authenticated administrators, with certain TFTP privileges, to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for administrative access by overwriting /etc/shadow.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- BlueCat Networks Adonis 5.0.2.8 - TFTP Privilege Escalation EDB-30454 · remote · Aug 6, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1018521 vdb-entry
- adonis-tftp-privilege-escalation(35807) vdb-entry
- 25214 vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-2840 vdb-entry
- 2986 third-party-advisory
- 20070809 Re: TS-2007-002-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis root Privilege Access mailing-list
- 20070806 TS-2007-002-0: BlueCat Networks Adonis root Privilege Access mailing-list
- 39397 vdb-entry
- 26354 third-party-advisory