FTPshell Client 6.7 Response memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in FTPshell Client 6.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Response Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-7573. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in FTPshell Client 6.7 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Response Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 02/28/2018. The weakness was shared 03/01/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared at cxsecurity.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-7573 since 02/28/2018. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. 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.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (44596). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: ftpshell_cli_bof.rb
MetaSploit Name: FTPShell client 6.70 (Enterprise edition) Stack Buffer Overflow
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Suricata ID: 2025779
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: cxsecurity.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-7573 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7573
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113989
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2018 08:00
Updated: 10/24/2025 08:21
Changes: 03/02/2018 08:00 (61), 02/04/2020 17:57 (7), 10/24/2025 08:21 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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