[NT] PlatinumFTPserver Format String Vulnerabilities

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Date: 23 Dec 2003 20:05:48 +0200

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  PlatinumFTPserver Format String Vulnerabilities
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.platinumftp.com/platinumftpserver.html> PlatinumFTPserver
"simplifies management of all your FTP clients with regards to sending and
receiving program and data files over an IP connection". A vulnerability
in the product allows remote attackers to supply formatting strings to the
FTP server. This would allow them to cause the server to execute arbitrary
code.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
 * PlatinumFTPserver version 1.0.18

A remote user can supply a specially formatted command to trigger a format
string flaw in PlatinumFTPserver and potentially execute arbitrary code.
Some vulnerable commands are provided:
user %s%s%s%s
mkdir %s%s%s%s
rename filename %s%s%s%s

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by Jan-Olivier Filiols and Philippe
Oechslin.

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