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CVE-2011-5012

Published: Dec 25, 2011Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
10.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
7.8%
Top 6.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Reflection FTP Client (rftpcom.dll 7.2.0.106 and possibly other versions), as used in Attachmate Reflection 2008, Reflection 2011 R1 before 15.3.2.569 and R1 SP1 before, Reflection 2011 R2 before 15.4.1.327, Reflection Windows Client 7.2 SP1 before hotfix 7.2.1186, and Reflection 14.1 SP1 before 14.1.1.206, allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in a response to a LIST command.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
reflectionattachmate
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
reflection 2008attachmate
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
reflection 2008r1attachmate
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
reflection 2008r2attachmate
On-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
attachmatecommercialConsumer Softwareaka attachmate
and 1 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/1708.html
support.attachmate.com
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18119
exploit-db.com
http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2502.html
support.attachmate.com
and 6 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Dec 25, 2011
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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