DDIVRT-2011-34 Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch Directory Traversal

Title

DDIVRT-2011-34 Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch Directory Traversal

Severity

High

Date Discovered

August 15, 2011

Discovered By

Digital Defense, Inc. Vulnerability Research Team
Credit: Chris Graham and r@b13$

Vulnerability Description

Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch enables a web server on TCP port 80 that is susceptible to a directory traversal. An attacker may send a …/ (dot-dot-slash) sequence to traverse out of the web root and access arbitrary files on the host.

Solution Description

Until a patch is released by the vendor, it is recommended to restrict access to the web server to authorized hosts only. Access controls can be configured through Windows firewall.

Tested Systems / Software

Metropolis Technologies OfficeWatch for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista Version 2011.06.20

Tested on Windows Server 2003 and XP

Vendor Contact

[email protected]