Directory Traversal in AutoFTP Manager

FTP server Penetration Testing Ethical Hacking directory traversal malicious code files Vulnerable Version Vulnerability Type Vendor Notification High-Tech Bridge Probably Prior Versions Vulnerability Details user

Vulnerability ID: HTB22566
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/directory_traversal_in_autoftp_manager.html
Product: AutoFTP Manager
Vendor: DeskShare ( http://www.deskshare.com/afm.aspx ) 
Vulnerable Version: 4.31 and Probably Prior Versions
Vendor Notification: 05 August 2010 
Vulnerability Type: File Content Disclosure
Status: Fixed by Vendor
Risk level: High 
Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 

Vulnerability Details:
When exploited, this vulnerability allows an anonymous attacker to write files to specified locations on a user's system.

The FTP client does not properly sanitise filenames containing directory traversal sequences that are received from an FTP server, for example
file named as "..\..\..\..\..\..\..\somefile.exe".

By tricking a user to download a directory from a malicious FTP server that contains files with backslash directory traversal sequences in their filenames, 
an attacker can potentially write files into a user's Startup folder to execute malicious code when the user logs on.

Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version