Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeFTPd before 1.0.9 with Logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long USER command.
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.
Metasploit 1 module
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freeFTPd 1.0 Username Overflow
exploit/windows/ftp/freeftpd_user
Exploit-DB 2
- freeFTPd 1.0 - 'Username' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) EDB-16707 · remote · Jul 3, 2010 · verified
- freeFTPd 1.0.8 - 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow EDB-1330 · remote · Nov 17, 2005 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 1015230 vdb-entry
- 17583 third-party-advisory
- freeftpd-multiple-command-bo(23118) vdb-entry
- ADV-2005-2458 vdb-entry
- 20909 vdb-entry
- 20051116 freeftpd USER bufferoverflow mailing-list
- 20051116 re: freeftpd USER bufferoverflow mailing-list
- http://freeftpd.com/?ctt=changelog
- 15457 vdb-entry