VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-41637
Weak access control permissions in MELAG FTP Server 2.2.0.4 allow the "Everyone" group to read the local FTP configuration file, which includes among other information the unencrypted passwords of all FTP users.
HIGH 7.1EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Weak access control permissions in MELAG FTP Server 2.2.0.4 allow the "Everyone" group to read the local FTP configuration file, which includes among other information the unencrypted passwords of all FTP users.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- melag/ftp server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.securesystems.de/blog/advisory-and-exploitation-the-melag-ftp-server/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.securesystems.de/blog/advisory-and-exploitation-the-melag-ftp-server/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.