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                      Secunia Research 26/06/2003 

        - FTPServer/X Response Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - 

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

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1) Affected Software 

FTPServer/X - FTP Server Control and COM Object v1.00.046. 
FTPServer/X - FTP Server Control and COM Object v1.00.045. 

Prior versions have not been tested, but may also be vulnerable. 

Used in the following products: 
Simple FTPServer Example (included with FTPServer/X) 
Mollensoft FTP Server 3.5.2 (formerly known as Hyperion) 
Hyperion FTP Server 3.0.0 (updated version downloaded 10/04/2003) 

NOTE: Any FTP server using FTPServer/X may be vulnerable. 

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2) Severity 

Rating:  Highly critical 
Impact:  Denial of Service, System Access 
Where:   From Remote 

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"FTPServer/X makes it easy for you to put up an FTP server. 
FTPServer/X comes in both ActiveX Control and COM Object forms to 
make it easy for you to integrate it into nearly any Windows 
programming environment. When you use FTPServer/X, you have complete
control over user access, directories, file uploads and downloads,
deletion, etc." 

Vendor: 
Mabry Software 
http://www.mabry.com

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4) Description of Vulnerability 

A vulnerability has been identified in FTPServer/X, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) on a
vulnerable FTP server or potentially compromise it. 

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error, when the FTP 
Server returns responses, which include user input. The problem is 
that the allocated buffer (1024 bytes) may be overflowed due to an
insecure use of the "wsprintf()" function. 

When exploiting the vulnerability, the return address as well as a
pointer stored in the register "ecx" can be overwritten with 
arbitrary values. 

Before returning, the manipulated pointer is used as an argument to 
the function "InterlockedDecrement()" in "kernel32.dll", which may 
cause a vulnerable FTP server to crash. 

The FTP service needs to be restarted manually before functionality 
is restored. 

Since the return address also is overwritten, the vulnerability can
potentially also be exploited to execute arbitrary code on a 
vulnerable system. 

The following two examples exploit the vulnerability. 

Exploit 1 (Supply between 995 and 1017 bytes to the USER command): 
telnet [victim] 21 
USER AAAA...[995-1017]...AAAA 

The FTP Server will crash when the "331 Password required for %s"
response is returned. 

Exploit 2 (Supply a 991 to 1022 bytes long invalid command): 
telnet [victim] 21 
AAAA...[991-1022]...AAAA 

The FTP Server will crash when the response "500 '%s': command not
understood" is returned. 

Please note that "Exploit 2" is the same issue as the one reported 
by Moran Zavdi at the beginning of April in Hyperion FTP Server 
3.0.0. However, this was erroneously thought to be fixed in an 
updated version of Hyperion FTP Server 3.0.0. 

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5) Solution 

Mabry Software has fixed the vulnerability in FTPServer/X version
1.00.047. 

Mollensoft has issued Mollensoft FTP Server version 3.5.3, which uses 
the latest version of FTPServer/X.

If your FTP server uses the FTPServer/X component (look for
"FTPServX.dll" / "FTPServX.ocx"), check to see if an updated version 
of the product has been made available. 

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6) Time Table 

10/04/2003 - Vulnerability discovered in Hyperion FTP Server. 
11/04/2003 - Vendor notified (support@mollensoft.com). 
22/04/2003 - Vendor contacted again requesting acknowledgment. 
22/04/2003 - Vendor confirms vulnerability and states that it will 
be fixed in version 3.5.2. 
26/04/2003 - Vendor releases version 3.5.2. 
28/04/2003 - Vulnerability still present in latest version. Vendor
notified (support@mollensoft.com). 
29/04/2003 - Mabry Software notified (techsupport@mabry.com) since the
vulnerability may be caused by a boundary error in FTPServer/X used 
in Hyperion/Mollensoft FTP Server. 
09/05/2003 - Vulnerability conclusively identified in FTPServer/X. 
09/05/2003 - Vendor notified again (techsupport@mabry.com). 
09/05/2003 - Vendor confirms vulnerability. 
03/06/2003 - Vendor releases updated version (1.00.046). 
04/06/2003 - Vulnerability still present in latest version. Vendor
informed (techsupport@mabry.com). 
12/06/2003 - Vendor provides source code and asks for help in
identifying the problem. 
16/06/2003 - Problem identified. 
17/06/2003 - Mabry Software releases updated version (1.00.047). 
22/06/2003 - Mollensoft releases updated version (3.5.3). 
24/06/2003 - Public disclosure. 

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Carsten H. Eiram, Secunia Research. 

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9) Verification 

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