CVE-2018-7573

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Published Mar 1, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 69.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_client:6.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 69.2% (69.204% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018030011
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44596/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44968/

History

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Subscriptions

Ftpshell Ftpshell Client

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 6:31 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 6:31 AM
Reserved: Feb 28, 2018, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 1, 2018, 5:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:03 AM

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