XM Easy Personal FTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityAlert : 851 CVE : CVE-2006-2225 SecurityRisk : High (About) Remote Exploit : Yes Local Exploit : No Exploit Available : No Credit : rewterz (advisories rewterz com) Published : 09.05.2006
Affected Software :
XM Easy Personal FTP Server v4.3
Advisory Content :
REWTERZ-20060503 - XM Easy Personal FTP Server Remote Buffer Overflow
Vulnerability
Release Date:
May 3, 2006
Severity:
High (Remote Code Execution)
Vendor:
Dxmsoft
Software Affected:
XM Easy Personal FTP Server v4.3 and before
Operating Systems Affected:
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 98 / ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows 2003
Overview:
rewterz has discovered a critical vulnerability in XM Easy Personal FTP
Server. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to overwrite memory
with user controlled data and execute arbitrary code in the context of the
user who executed the XM Easy Personal FTP Server.
Technical Details:
This vulnerability exists in the handling of username input provided by the
user while making connection to FTP server. We chose not to provide
detailed information about the vulnerability and how to reproduce it
because the author hasn't confirmed this vulnerability. We can pass a long
argument with some commands into a buffer. There is no checking of the
length of this input. Depending on the input, this will cause exploitable
condition.
We have confirmed the ability to execute our own code. This is a common
buffer overflow vulnerability and can be exploited easily.
Credit:
Discovery: Muhammad Ahmed Siddiqui
Greetings:
c0ntex
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