{"id":"CVE-2017-15270","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15270","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:29:57.399Z","title":"This can be used by attackers to hide data in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) view and create arbitrary entries to a certain extent.","description":"The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server does not properly escape data before writing it into a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file. This can be used by attackers to hide data in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) view and create arbitrary entries to a certain extent. Special characters such as '\"' and ',' and '\\r' are not escaped and can be used to add new entries to the log.","published":"2017-11-15T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["psftp/psftpd"],"epss":{"score":0.06972,"percentile":0.94101,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2017-11-14","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":43144,"kind":"exploit","title":"PSFTPd Windows FTP Server 10.0.4 Build 729 - Log Injection / Use-After-Free","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43144","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/43144.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/43144.txt","published":"2017-11-14","added":"2017-11-14","updated":"2017-11-14","author":"X41 D-Sec GmbH","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2017-15271","CVE-2017-15270"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.0%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43144/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43144/","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15270","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."}