Improper Authentication in freeftpd.com freeFTPd



| Updated: 2020-08-11
Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2012-6067
CWE-ID CWE-287
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 freeFTPd
Server applications / File servers (FTP/HTTP)

Vendor freeftpd.com

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Improper Authentication

EUVDB-ID: #VU43272

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 8.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2012-6067

CWE-ID: CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

freeFTPd.exe in freeFTPd through 1.0.11 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted SFTP session, as demonstrated by an OpenSSH client with modified versions of ssh.c and sshconnect2.c.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

freeFTPd: 1.0 - 1.0.10

CPE2.3 External links

https://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-12/0011.html


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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