Title : CHM Lib "extract_chmLib" File Handling Client-Side Directory Traversal Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-2430 CVE ID : CVE-2006-3178
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-06-19
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in CHM Lib (chmlib), which could be exploited by malicious people to conduct directory traversal attacks. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "extract_chmLib" program when extracting malformed files, which could be exploited by attackers to place malicious files in arbitrary directories by convincing a user to extract a specially crafted archive.
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