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>> BitDefender Update Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Title : BitDefender Update Server Remote Directory Traversal Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0213
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0396
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-21
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A vulnerability has been identified in BitDefender Update Server, which could be exploited by attackers to gain unauthorized read access to arbitrary files. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the embedded HTTP server (http.exe) that does not validate user-supplied requests, which could be exploited by malicious people to download arbitrary files from a vulnerable server via directory traversal attacks.
Affected Products
BitDefender Update Server
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0213
http://www.oliverkarow.de/research/bitdefender.txt
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Oliver Karow.
ChangeLog
2008-01-21 : Initial release
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