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Title: Qbik WinGate Log Service Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

The WinGate log service is configured by default to only allow connections from 127.0.0.1, but can be set to allow connections from anywhere. Either way, there is a vulnerability that will allow any file to be read through the log service port over an http connection.

Update (October 16, 2000):

Blue Panda <bluepanda@dwarf.box.sk> has discovered that a variation of the vulnerability exists in recent versions. Using escaped characters, one can achieve the same effect.

Affected Products:

  • Qbik WinGate 3.0.0
  • Qbik WinGate 4.0.1
  • Qbik WinGate 4.1.0 Beta A
  • Qbik WinGate Pro 2.0.0
  • Qbik WinGate Pro 3.0.0
  • Qbik WinGate Pro 3.0.5
  • Qbik WinGate Standard 2.0.0
  • Qbik WinGate Standard 3.0.0
  • Qbik WinGate Standard 3.0.5

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