Cooolsoft PowerFTP 2.03/2.10 Account ftpserver.ini cleartext storage

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Cooolsoft PowerFTP 2.03/2.10. Impacted is an unknown function of the file ftpserver.ini of the component Account Handler. Such manipulation leads to cleartext storage. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2002-0264. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cooolsoft PowerFTP 2.03/2.10. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ftpserver.ini of the component Account Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cleartext storage vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-312. The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

PowerFTP Personal FTP Server 2.03 through 2.10 stores sensitive account information in plaintext in the ftpserver.ini file, which allows attackers with access to the file to gain privileges.

The weakness was presented 05/29/2002 by Strumpf Noir Society (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0264. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1555.

By approaching the search of inurl:ftpserver.ini it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 27135 (Coolsoft PowerFTP Server Plain Text Account Information Vulnerability).

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 databases at X-Force (8183), SecurityFocus (BID 4074†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-3257†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cleartext storage
CWE: CWE-312 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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02/11/2002 🔍
05/29/2002 +107 days 🔍
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12/21/2003 +571 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3855 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Strumpf Noir Society
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0264 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18188
X-Force: 8183
SecurityFocus: 4074 - Cooolsoft PowerFTP Server Plaintext Account Information Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 3257 - PowerFTP Personal FTP Server 2.03 - 2.10 Information Disclosure, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:02
Updated: 09/21/2025 00:03
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:02 (54), 05/18/2019 18:07 (4), 09/21/2025 00:03 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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