{"id":"CVE-2012-0315","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-0315","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:02.531Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2012-02-22T13:54:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:37:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["estsoft/alftp"],"epss":{"score":0.01831,"percentile":0.78724,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/995223/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000011","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://www.altools.jp/ETC/NEWS.aspx?mid=231&vidx=118","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://www.altools.jp/download.aspx","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"vultures@jpcert.or.jp"},{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/995223/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/index.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000011","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.altools.jp/ETC/NEWS.aspx?mid=231&vidx=118","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.altools.jp/download.aspx","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0315","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}