Directory traversal vulnerability in the FireFTP add-on before 0.98.20080518 for Firefox allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to (1) MLSD and (2) LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1596/references | vdb entry |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42516 | vdb entry |
| http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.58%3Br2=1.59%3Bf=h | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29289 | vdb entry |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30284 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://vuln.sg/fireftp0971-en.html | exploit |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/906907 | third party advisory us government resource |