SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-0315

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALFTP before 5.31 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 2.21%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALFTP before 5.31 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
2.21% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
estsoft/alftp
Source
vultures@jpcert.or.jp

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.