CuteFTP Professional FTP Command Response Remote Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15860

Synopsis

The FTP client installed on the remote Windows host has multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote host has the program CuteFTP.exe installed.

CuteFTP is an FTP client which contains several buffer overflow conditions. Using this version of CuteFTP to connect to a malicious FTP server could cause the client to crash, or could result in arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest version of CuteFTP.

See Also

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2004/Nov/400

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15860

File Name: cuteftp_flaws2.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/30/2004

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: SMB/Windows/Products/CuteFTP/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1136

BID: 11776