PT-2008-2558 · Ipswitch · Ipswitch Instant Messaging

Published 2008-02-25 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2008-0946

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ipswitch Instant Messaging versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary empty files by utilizing a .. (dot dot) in the recipient field, due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the IM Server.

Recommendations For versions 2.0.8.1 and earlier, consider restricting access to the recipient field to prevent exploitation until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0946

Affected Products

Ipswitch Instant Messaging

References · 6

• 🔥 http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/ipsimene-adv.txt · Exploit
• 🔥 http://aluigi.org/poc/ipsimene.zip · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0946 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27677 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/487748/100/200/threaded · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3697 · Note