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CVE-2018-10916

Public on 2018-08-01
Modified on 2020-07-17
Description

It has been discovered that lftp does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker-controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 lftp 2020-06-23 06:03 ALAS-2020-1383
Amazon Linux 2 - Core lftp 2020-07-14 02:35 ALAS2-2020-1453

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 7.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N