ES file explorer vulnerable

JVN#70029459
ES File Explorer vulnerable to directory traversal

Overview

ES File Explorer provided by ES APP Group contains a directory traversal vulnerability.

Products Affected

• ES File Explorer versions prior to 3.0.4

Description

ES File Explorer provided by ES APP Group contains an issue in processing file names, which may result in a directory traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability.

Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may create an arbitrary file or overwrite an existing file in a directory that the application has privileges to access.

Solution

Apply an Update
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor	Link
ES APP Group	ES File Explorer

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2014.03.20

Measures	Conditions	Severity
Access Required	can be attacked over the Internet using packets	High
Authentication	anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)	High
User Interaction Required	the user must be convinced to take a standard action that does not feel harmful to most users, such as click on a link or view a file	Mid
Exploit Complexity	some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)	Mid-High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Ryohei Koike of Sakura Information Systems Co., Ltd. reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE	CVE-2014-1970
JVN iPedia	JVNDB-2014-000033