Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Pure-FTPd



| Updated: 2025-06-21
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2011-0988
CWE-ID CWE-264
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Pure-FTPd
Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)

Vendor PureFTPd.org

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU45122

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0988

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

pure-ftpd 1.0.22, as used in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 and SP4, and Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3 and SP4, when running OES Netware extensions, creates a world-writeable directory, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Pure-FTPd: 1.0.22

CPE2.3 External links

https://secunia.com/advisories/44039
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66618
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/7849430


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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