Advisory Details

July 13th, 2015

Samsung SyncThru AddDriverFileServlet Directory Traversal Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-5473
CVSS SCORE	7.8, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Samsung
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	SyncThru
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['17078']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files on vulnerable installations of Samsung SyncThru. By default, authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the AddDriverFileServlet servlet exposed by upload/addDriver. The issue lies in the failure to sanitize the path of files uploaded, allowing for the deletion of any file on the system. An attacker could use this to create a denial-of-service condition.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Resolved by: Samsung SyncThu 6 v1.0
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-05-18 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-07-13 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Andrea Micalizzi (rgod)

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