PT-2004-2476 · Parachat · Parachat Server

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ParaChat Server version 5.5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files due to a directory traversal vulnerability. This is achieved by using a ..%5C (hex-encoded dot dot) in the URL.

Recommendations For ParaChat Server version 5.5, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Avoid using URLs that contain the ..%5C sequence in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1568

Affected Products

Parachat Server

References · 10

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/11272 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/12678 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1568 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17541 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109647769526696&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109656982803391&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/10436 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-09/1063.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1011438 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-09/1047.html · Note