Khamil Landross and Zack Jones EFTP 2.0.7.337 lnk File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Khamil Landross and Zack Jones EFTP 2.0.7.337. Affected is an unknown function of the component lnk File Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-1112. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to apply restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Khamil Landross and Zack Jones EFTP 2.0.7.337 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component lnk File Handler. The manipulation 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in EFTP 2.0.7.337 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by uploading a .lnk file containing a large number of characters.

The weakness was disclosed 09/12/2001 by ByteRage (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-1112. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10928 (EFTP .lnk File Handling Remote Overflow), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27117 (EFTP Buffer Overflow Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Addressing this vulnerability is possible by firewalling .

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7115), Exploit-DB (21109), Tenable (10928), SecurityFocus (BID 3330†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1515†). The entry VDB-17355 is pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 10928
Nessus Name: EFTP .lnk File Handling Remote Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 10928
OpenVAS Name: string(OpenVAS, rand()%10, rand()%10, rand()%10, rand()%10, .lnk
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Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2001-1112 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-1112
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17357
X-Force: 7115
SecurityFocus: 3330 - EFTP Buffer Overflow Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1515 - Buffer Overflow in EFTP Allows Code Execution through a Malicious .lnk File Uploading, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 07/09/2014 01:46
Updated: 09/29/2025 08:44
Changes: 07/09/2014 01:46 (72), 05/10/2019 21:52 (2), 03/09/2025 03:35 (21), 09/29/2025 08:44 (3)
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