Improper Authentication in freeFTPd - CVE-2012-6067
Published: December 5, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43272
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: freeftpd.com
Affected software:
freeFTPd
freeFTPd
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-6067
Install update from vendor's website.