####################################################################### Luigi Auriemma Application: MicroWorld eScan Server (aka eScan Management Console) http://www.mwti.net Versions: <= 9.0.742.98 Platforms: Windows Bug: directory traversal Exploitation: remote Date: 06 Mar 2008 Author: Luigi Auriemma e-mail: aluigi (at) autistici (dot) org [email concealed] web: aluigi.org ####################################################################### 1) Introduction 2) Bug 3) The Code 4) Fix ####################################################################### =============== 1) Introduction =============== From vendor's website: "The Powerful Management Console of eScan provides options for system administrators to remotely administer a vast network of clients. It also allows them to remotely install eScan, deploy upgrades and updates and enforce an Integrated Security Policy for the entire Enterprise." ####################################################################### ====== 2) Bug ====== The eScan Server (eserv.exe) listens on port 2021 for FTP connections using c:\pub as root path. Although the server tries to avoid possible directory traversal attacks for example rejecting the dotdot patterns, is still possible for an attacker to download any file from the disk of the remote system simply applying a slash or a backslash at the beginning of the filename for selecting the root path of the disk. For example /boot.ini, \windows\win.ini and so on. Only downloading files is allowed by the server, so deleting or uploading custom files is not possible. ####################################################################### =========== 3) The Code =========== ftp://SERVER:2021//windows/win.ini or manually: ftp -A open SERVER 2021 get /windows/win.ini local_win.ini ####################################################################### ====== 4) Fix ====== No fix ####################################################################### --- Luigi Auriemma http://aluigi.org