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TITLE:
Akamai Download Manager Arbitrary File Download Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30537

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30537/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Akamai Download Manager 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/13954/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Akamai Download Manager, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the
Akamai Download Manager ActiveX Control when handling the "URL"
parameter. This can be exploited to download an arbitrary file to an
arbitrary location on a vulnerable system when a user e.g. visits a
malicious website.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability affects versions 2.2.3.5 and prior.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.2.3.7.
http://dlm.tools.akamai.com/tools/upgrade.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Fortinet.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Akamai (via Full-Disclosure):
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-June/062672.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
cocoruder:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-June/062669.html

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