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Microsoft Windows FTP Client Filename Validation Vulnerability

Secunia Advisory:

SA17163

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Release Date:

2005-10-11

Last Update:

2005-11-21

Popularity:

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Critical:

Moderately critical

Impact:

System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Software:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Windows FTP client in validating the name of a downloaded file. This can be exploited to write files into arbitrary locations on an affected system.

Successful exploitation requires that the user is e.g. tricked into downloading a file with a specially-crafted filename from an FTP server.

The vulnerability may be related to:
SA13704

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