Weekly Vulnerabilities Reports > June 24 to 30, 2002

smss.exe debugging subsystem in Windows NT and Windows 2000 does not properly authenticate programs that connect to other programs, which allows local users to gain administrator or SYSTEM privileges by duplicating a handle to a privileged process, as demonstrated by DebPloit.

HP Procurve Switch 4000M running firmware C.08.22 and C.09.09 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a port scan of the management IP address, which disables the telnet service.

XChat IRC client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a /dns command on a host whose DNS reverse lookup contains shell metacharacters.

Buffer overflow in University of Washington imap server (uw-imapd) imap-2001 (imapd 2001.315) and imap-2001a (imapd 2001.315) with legacy RFC 1730 support, and imapd 2000.287 and earlier, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long BODY request.

Buffer overflow in Sun AnswerBook2 1.4 through 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename argument to the gettransbitmap CGI program.

Buffer overflows in CFS daemon (cfsd) before 1.3.3-8.1, and 1.4x before 1.4.1-5, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

service.cgi in Cobalt RAQ 4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long service argument.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Cobalt RAQ 4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other Cobalt users via Javascript in a URL to (1) service.cgi or (2) alert.cgi.

Symantec Ghost 7.0 stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in the NGServer\params registry key, which could allow an attacker to gain privileges.

Windows Media Player (WMP) 8.00.00.4477, and possibly other versions, automatically detects and executes .wmf and other content, even when the file's extension or content type does not specify .wmf, which could make it easier for attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via Trojan horse files containing .wmf content.

Buffer overflow in Galacticomm Worldgroup FTP server 3.20 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a LIST command containing a large number of / (slash), * (wildcard), and ..

Buffer overflows in xtell (xtelld) 1.91.1 and earlier, and 2.x before 2.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long DNS hostname that is determined using reverse DNS lookups, (2) a long AUTH string, or (3) certain data in the xtell request.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in codeparse.php of Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and steal cookies via Javascript in the IMG tag.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snitz Forums 2000 3.3.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other Forums 2000 users via Javascript in an IMG tag.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Ikonboard 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other Ikonboard users and steal cookies via Javascript in an IMG tag.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in BadBlue before 1.6.1 beta allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and possibly additional commands via a URL that contains Javascript.

Greymatter 1.21c and earlier with the Bookmarklet feature enabled allows remote attackers to read a cleartext password and gain administrative privileges by guessing the name of a gmrightclick-*.reg file which contains the administrator name and password in cleartext, then retrieving the file from the web server before the Greymatter administrator performs a "Clear And Exit" action.

Yahoo! Messenger 4.0 sends user passwords in cleartext, which could allow remote attackers to gain privileges of other users via sniffing.

Buffer overflow in Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) message or (2) IMvironment field.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in edituser.php for pforum 1.14 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script and steal cookies from other users via Javascript in a username.

Gator ActiveX component (IEGator.dll) 3.0.6.1 allows remote web sites to install arbitrary software by specifying a Trojan Gator installation file (setup.ex_) in the src parameter.

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in eXtreme message board (XMB) 1.6x and earlier allows remote attackers to execute script as other XMB users by inserting the script into an IMG tag.

Buffer overflow in Essentia Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long URL.

XChat 1.8.7 and earlier, including default configurations of 1.4.2 and 1.4.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary IRC commands as other clients via encoded characters in a PRIVMSG command that calls CTCP PING, which expands the characters in the client response when the percascii variable is set.

Buffer overflow in Century Software TERM allows local users to gain root privileges via a long tty argument to the callin program.

RealPlayer 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via malformed .mp3 files.

Phorum 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to determine the email addresses of the 10 most active users via a direct HTTP request to the stats.php program, which does not require authentication.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Cobalt RAQ 4 allows remote attackers to read password-protected files, and possibly files outside the web root, via a ..

Symantec LiveUpdate 1.5 and earlier in Norton Antivirus stores usernames and passwords for a local LiveUpdate server in cleartext in the registry, which may allow remote attackers to impersonate the LiveUpdate server.

Kmail 1.2 on KDE 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an email message whose body is approximately 55 K long.

GWWEB.EXE in GroupWise Web Access 5.5, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to determine the full pathname of the web server via an HTTP request with an invalid HTMLVER parameter.

Cisco IOS 11.1CC through 12.2 with Cisco Express Forwarding (CEF) enabled includes portions of previous packets in the padding of a MAC level packet when the MAC packet's length is less than the IP level packet length.

The Bat! 1.53d and 1.54beta, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an attachment whose name includes an MS-DOS device name.

Directory traversal vulnerability in xtell (xtelld) 1.91.1 and earlier, and 2.x before 2.7, allows remote attackers to read files with short names, and local users to read more files using a symlink with a short name, via a ..

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP server for BPM Studio Pro 4.2 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

Directory traversal vulnerability in BadBlue before 1.6.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ...

comment2.jse in ScriptEase:WebServer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by specifying the target file as an argument in the URL.

Yahoo! Messenger 5.0 allows remote attackers to spoof other users by modifying the username and using the spoofed username for social engineering or denial of service (flooding) attacks.

FreeRADIUS RADIUS server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of Access-Request packets.

fasttrack p2p, as used in (1) KaZaA before 1.5, (2) grokster, and (3) morpheus allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a series of client-to-client messages, which pops up new windows per message.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Essentia Web Server 2.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

fetchmail email client before 5.9.10 does not properly limit the maximum number of messages available, which allows a remote IMAP server to overwrite memory via a message count that exceeds the boundaries of an array.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dynu FTP server 1.05 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..

Tiny Personal Firewall (TPF) 2.0.15, under certain configurations, will pop up an alert to the system even when the screen is locked, which could allow an attacker with physical access to the machine to hide activities or bypass access restrictions.

Hotline Client 1.8.5 stores sensitive user information, including passwords, in plaintext in the bookmarks file, which could allow local users with access to the bookmarks file to gain privileges by extracting the passwords.

xtell (xtelld) 1.91.1 and earlier, and 2.x before 2.7, allows local users to modify files via a symlink attack on the .xtell-log file.