CVE-2008-4242

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-4242

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-09-25T19:25:18

Last Modified Date
2017-08-08T01:32:31

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-352	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/352.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.3.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31930	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289	Exploit
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4242
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4242

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:59				Added to TrackCVE