Description
CRLF injection vulnerability in Akamai Download Manager ActiveX control before 2.2.3.6 allows remote attackers to force the download and execution of arbitrary files via a URL parameter containing an encoded LF followed by a malicious target line.
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
- Akamai Download Manager < 2.2.3.7 - ActiveX Remote Download EDB-5741 · remote · Jun 4, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5741 exploit
- 1020194 vdb-entry
- 20080604 Akamai Technologies Security Advisory 2008-0001 (Download Manager) mailing-list
- 30537 third-party-advisory
- downloadmanager-url-code-execution(42879) vdb-entry
- 20080604 Akamai Technologies Security Advisory 2008-0001 (Download Manager) mailing-list
- ADV-2008-1746 vdb-entry
- 20080605 Akamai Download Manager File Downloaded To Arbitrary Location Vulnerability mailing-list