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Kiwi CatTools < 3.2.9 Directory Traversal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Try to grab a file outside the tftp root Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote TFTP server is affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. Description : The remote host appears to be running Kiwi CatTools, a freeware application for device configuration management. The TFTP server included with the version of Kiwi CatTools installed on the remote host fails to sanitize filenames of diretory traversal sequences. A possible hacker can exploit this issue to get or put arbitrary files on the affected host subject to the rights of the user id under which the server operates, LOCAL SYSTEM by default. See also : http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/459500/30/0/threaded http://www.kiwisyslog.com/kb/idx/5/178/article/ Solution : Upgrade to Kiwi CatTools version 3.2.9 or later. Network Security Threat Level: Critical / CVSS Base Score : 10.0 (AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:C/I:C/A:C/B:N) Networks Security ID: 22490 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Ferdy Riphagen

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