VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-24042
A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via a malformed FTP request.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.52%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.52%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A race condition in LightFTP through 2.2 allows an attacker to achieve path traversal via a malformed FTP request. A handler thread can use an overwritten context->FileName.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.52% probability · 43th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- hfiref0x/lightftp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hfiref0x/LightFTP/issues/25Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.