CVE-2009-0542

Published: Feb 12, 2009Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-89

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'" (single quote) character during variable substitution by mod_sql.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

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=3180

bugs.proftpd.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34268

secunia.com

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml

security.gentoo.org

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