CVE-2018-10916

Published Aug 1, 2018

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description
It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
7.8
Impact score
7.8
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20
secalert@redhat.com
CWE-20

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations