CVE-2011-4266

high

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3991.

References

http://sourceforge.jp/projects/ffftp/wiki/Security

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000104

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94002296/index.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-12-13

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00428