CVE-2008-4242

Published: Sep 25, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-352

6.8MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-352

Affected Products

proftpd project

oss-projectaka proftpd (professional ftp daemon), proftpd

proftpdOn-prem

Networking Infrastructure / network-management

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115

bugs.proftpd.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31930

secunia.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/33261

secunia.com

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