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Vulnerability in the Windows FTP Client Could Allow File Transfer Location Tampering (905495)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Acertains the presence of update 905495

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

A flaw in the FTP client installed on the remote host may permit a rogue
FTP server to write to arbitrary locations on the remote host.

Description :

The remote host contains a version of the Microsoft FTP client which contains
a flaw in the way it handles FTP download. A possible hacker may exploit this flaw
to modify the destination location for files downloaded via FTP.

To exploit this flaw a possible hacker would need to set up a rogue FTP server
and have a victim on the remote host connect to it and download a file
manaully.

Solution :

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows 2000, XP and 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-044.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 3
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/A:N/I:P/B:I)

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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