Description
Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in certain ActiveX controls in WatchFire AppScan 7.0 allow remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a full pathname in the argument to the (1) CompactSave and (2) SaveSession method in one control, and the (3) saveRecordedExploreToFile method in a different control. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- Watchfire Appscan 7.0 - ActiveX Multiple Insecure Methods EDB-5496 · remote · Apr 25, 2008 · verified
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References
- 5496 exploit
- 28940 vdb-entry
- 1019948 vdb-entry
- appscan-activex-file-overwrite(42077) vdb-entry