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Easy Address Book Web Server Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA21959
Release Date: 2006-09-18
Last Update: 2006-09-19
Popularity: 6,258 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Easy Address Book Web Server 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Revnic Vasile has discovered a vulnerability in Easy Address Book Web Server, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error when processing HTTP requests and can be exploited by e.g. requesting a specially crafted resource name or supplying a specially crafted string containing format specifiers in a POST request.

Example:
http://[host]/AAAA%25n

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.2. Other versions may also be affected.

Change Page:
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