[NT] Pocket Controller Professional Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
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Pocket Controller Professional Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
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SUMMARY
<http://www.soti.net/> Pocket Controller - "provides mobile device users
with the tools they need to remotely control and manage their device(s)
from a desktop/notebook computer over wireless or wired connections."
A vulnerability discovered in Pocket Controller professional allows remote
attackers to turn off, reboot or "hard reset" a PDA running the vulnerable
software.
DETAILS
Vulnerable Systems:
* Pocket Controller Professional version 5.0 and prior
Lack of authentication in the control management allows malicious remote
attacker to turn off, reboot, or hard reset a vulnerable PDA by sending
certain packets via a wireless connection to the PDA on port 5492.
Proof of concept:
1. Connect to port 5492 on PDA that is running the target client program.
2. Send an initialization packet to the PDA.
3. Send a packet containing the desired command (turn off, reboot, hard
reset) to the PDA.
4. Create a new socket and reset the initialization packet.
5. Upon receipt, the PDA will perform the selected function.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.airscanner.com/security/pocketcontroller.htm>
http://www.airscanner.com/security/pocketcontroller.htm
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