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A vulnerability was found in SmbFTPD 0.96 (File Transfer Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function smbdirlist
of the file dirlist.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name.
The bug was discovered 10/01/2007. The weakness was released 10/01/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5184 since 10/03/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 29340 (FreeBSD : smbftpd -- format string vulnerability (b2571f88-a867-11dc-a6f0-00a0cce0781e)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36893), Tenable (29340) and Exploit-DB (4478).
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Format stringCWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 29340
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : smbftpd -- format string vulnerability (b2571f88-a867-11dc-a6f0-00a0cce0781e)
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OpenVAS ID: 60024
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: smbftpd
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Sources
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2007-5184 (🔍)
X-Force: 36893
Vulnerability Center: 17133 - SmbFTPD SMBDirList Function Format String Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution, Critical
SecurityFocus: 25871 - SmbFTPD SMBDirList Format String Vulnerability
Secunia: 27014 - SmbFTPD "SMBDirList()" Format String Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 41385 - SmbFTPD SMBDirList() Function Directory Name Remote Format String
Vupen: ADV-2007-3311
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 12:18Updated: 08/01/2019 17:58
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (81), 08/01/2019 17:58 (9)
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