CVE-2018-7573

high-risk
Published 2018-03-01

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.

Do I need to act?

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78.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 22% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
44596, 44968
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Ftpshell

References (6)

Exploit https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018030011
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44596/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44968/
Exploit https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018030011
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44596/
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44968/
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high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal