ACLogic CesarFTP 0.98b Command HELP/USER/PASS/PORT/DELE/REST/RMD/MKD memory corruption

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
7.1$0-$5k0.00

A vulnerability was found in ACLogic CesarFTP 0.98b. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument HELP/USER/PASS/PORT/DELE/REST/RMD/MKD with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflows in CesarFTPD 0.98b allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via long arguments to (1) HELP, (2) USER, (3) PASS, (4) PORT, (5) DELE, (6) REST, (7) RMD, or (8) MKD.

The weakness was shared 12/06/2001 by ByteRage (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2001-0826. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11755 (CesarFTP Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, File Access, more)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FTP and running in the context r.

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling . Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 1734. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4596.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6768) and Tenable (11755). The entries 16696, 20504, 30750 and 22442 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Vendor

Name

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock
unlockunlockunlockunlockunlockunlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Dayunlockunlockunlockunlock
Todayunlockunlockunlockunlock

Nessus ID: 11755
Nessus Name: CesarFTP Multiple Vulnerabilities (OF, File Access, more)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Context: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Firewall
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 1734
Snort Message: PROTOCOL-FTP USER overflow attempt
Snort Class: 🔍

Suricata ID: 2101975
Suricata Class: 🔍
Suricata Message: 🔍

TippingPoint: 🔍

McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

SourceFire IPS: 🔍
ISS Proventia IPS: 🔍
PaloAlto IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

07/04/2001 🔍
12/06/2001 +155 days 🔍
12/06/2001 +0 days 🔍
12/06/2001 +0 days 🔍
06/18/2003 +559 days 🔍
08/27/2003 +70 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +3970 days 🔍
05/11/2019 +1766 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: ByteRage
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2001-0826 (🔍)
X-Force: 6768
Vulnerability Center: 1790 - Buffer Overflow in CesarFTPD via Long Argument to Commands, Critical
SecurityFocus: 2972 - CaesarFTPD FTP Command Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 17:16
Updated: 05/11/2019 21:56
Changes: 07/10/2014 17:16 (76), 05/11/2019 21:56 (3)
Complete: 🔍

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

Do you want to use VulDB in your project?

Use the official API to access entries easily!