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ELinks "smb" Protocol File Upload/Download Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA22920
Release Date: 2006-11-15
Last Update: 2006-11-20
Popularity: 9,349 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: Manipulation of data
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:ELinks 0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Teemu Salmela has discovered a vulnerability in ELinks, which can be exploited by malicious people to expose sensitive information and manipulate data.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the validation of "smb://" URLs when ELinks runs smbclient commands. This can be exploited to download and overwrite local files or upload local files to a SMB share by injecting smbclient commands in the "smb://" URL.

Successful exploitation allows exposure of sensitive information or manipulation of data, but requires that the user visits a malicious "smb://" URL or gets redirected to such an URL by a malicious URL, and that the user has the smbclient program installed.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 0.11.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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