CVE-2010-20103
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · CWE-912
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
A malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to run any OS command on the FTP server host.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.proftpd.org/
- https://advisories.checkpoint.com/defense/advisories/public/2011/cpai-2010-151.html/Advisory
- https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd
- https://web.archive.org/web/20111107212129/http://rsync.proftpd.org/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/proftpd-backdoor-command-executionAdvisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/unix/ftp/proftpd_133c_backdoor.rbAdvisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/15662Exploit
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16921Exploit