Path traversal in ProFTPD - CVE-2010-3867

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Path traversal in ProFTPD - CVE-2010-3867

Published: September 15, 2011 / Updated: June 23, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111810
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3867
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code.

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the mod_site_misc module in ProFTPD before 1.3.3c allow remote authenticated users to create directories, delete directories, create symlinks, and modify file timestamps via directory traversal sequences in a (1) SITE MKDIR, (2) SITE RMDIR, (3) SITE SYMLINK, or (4) SITE UTIME command.


Affected software

ProFTPD
Fedora
Slackware Linux
proftpd

How to mitigate CVE-2010-3867

Install update from vendor's website.

ProFTPD - update to 1.3.3c
proftpd - update to 1.3.3c
proftpd - update to 1.3.3c-1.el5

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