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HP Color LaserJet 2500/4600 Toolbox Disclosure of Sensitive Information
Secunia Advisory: SA19529
Release Date: 2006-04-05
Last Update: 2006-04-10
Popularity: 12,072 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:HP Color LaserJet 2500 Toolbox 3.x
HP Color LaserJet 4600 Toolbox 3.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-1654


Description:
Richard Horsman has reported a vulnerability in the HP Color LaserJet 2500 Toolbox and HP Color LaserJet 4600 Toolbox software, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the built-in HTTP server. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary files via directory traversal attacks.

Example:
http://[host]:5225/../../../[file]

Solution:
Update to version 3.1.

HP Color LaserJet 2500 Toolbox:
http://www.hp.com/go/clj2500_software

HP Color LaserJet 4600 Toolbox:
http://www.hp.com/go/clj4600_software

Provided and/or discovered by:
Richard Horsman

Changelog:
2006-04-10: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
HPSBPI2109 SSRT061141:
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00634759


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