Description
acFTP 1.4 does not properly handle when an invalid password is provided by the user during authentication, which allows remote attackers to hide or misrepresent certain activity from log files and possibly gain privileges.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- acFTP 1.4 - Invalid Password Weak Authentication EDB-22032 · remote · Nov 25, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 6235 vdb-entry
- 3334 third-party-advisory
- acftp-authentication-bypass(10681) vdb-entry
- 20021123 acFTP Authentication Issue mailing-list
- 20021124 acFTP Authentication Issue mailing-list