Vulnerability CVE-2009-0244
Published: 2009-01-21   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in the OBEX FTP Service in the Microsoft Bluetooth stack in Windows Mobile 6 Professional, and probably Windows Mobile 5.0 for Pocket PC and 5.0 for Pocket PC Phone Edition, allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories, and create or read arbitrary files, via a .. (dot dot) in a pathname. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
HTC / Windows Mobile OBEX FTP Service Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Alberto Moreno T...
23.01.2009

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
8.5/10
10/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Windows mobile 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4938
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33359
http://www.seguridadmobile.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-security/Microsoft-Bluetooth-Stack-Directory-Traversal.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48124
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