Secunia Research: Orbit Downloader metalink "name" Directory Traversal

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                 Secunia Research 19/05/2010

 - Orbit Downloader metalink "name" Directory Traversal -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

• Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.4 and 3.0.0.5

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted
to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as
video/music/streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora,
Rapidshare, support RTMP. And to make general downloading easier and
faster.".

Product Link:
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/index.htm

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Orbit Downloader,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to the application not properly
sanitising the "name" attribute of the "file" element of metalink
files before using it to download files. If a user is tricked into
downloading from a specially crafted metalink file, this can be
exploited to download files to directories outside of the intended
download directory via directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.0.0.4 and 3.0.0.5. Other
versions may also be affected.

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5) Solution

Do not open untrusted metalink files.

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6) Time Table

30/04/2010 - Vendor notified.
12/05/2010 - Sent reminder to vendor.
19/05/2010 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet
assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-73/

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