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>> Magellan Explorer FTP Filename Processing Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Title : Magellan Explorer FTP Filename Processing Directory Traversal Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3103
CVE ID : CVE-2007-4842
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-09-10
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A vulnerability has been identified in Magellan Explorer, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions and potentially compromise an affected system. This issue is caused by an input validation error when downloading files with specially crafted filenames, which could be exploited by attackers to place malicious files in arbitrary locations by tricking a user into downloading a specially crafted file from a malicious FTP server.
Affected Products
3.32 built 2305 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3103
http://blog.hispasec.com/lab/advisories/adv_MagellanExplorer_3_32_Remote_Traversal.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by the Gynvael Coldwind.
ChangeLog
2007-09-10 : Initial release
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