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PicoZip Archive Handling Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24868
Release Date: 2007-04-13
Last Update: 2007-04-18
Popularity: 4,675 views

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

Software:PicoZip 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Hamid Ebadi has discovered a vulnerability in PicoZip, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error when extracting various archives. This makes it possible to extract files to arbitrary locations outside the specified directory using the "../" directory traversal sequence.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.02. Other versions may also be affected.

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