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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.83%). 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
- 1.83% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- estsoft/alftp
- Source
- vultures@jpcert.or.jp
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/995223/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000011Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.altools.jp/ETC/NEWS.aspx?mid=231&vidx=118Broken Link
- http://www.altools.jp/download.aspxBroken Link, Patch
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/995223/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/index.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000011Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.altools.jp/ETC/NEWS.aspx?mid=231&vidx=118Broken Link
- http://www.altools.jp/download.aspxBroken Link, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.