Path Traversal in Gateway Weblaunch

CVE-2008-0221

Directory traversal vulnerability in the WebLaunch.WeblaunchCtl.1 (aka CWebLaunchCtl) ActiveX control in weblaunch.ocx 1.0.0.1 in Gateway Weblaunch allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the second argument to the DoWebLaunch method. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.057 (92.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Gateway Weblaunch — versions 1.0.0.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)