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SCA: security update for pyftpdlib (GHSA-h4g7-8m7r-87r9)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 415460

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 does not require the l permission for the MLST command, which
 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and list the root directory via
 an FTP session. (CVE-2009-5012)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h4g7-8m7r-87r9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415460

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-5012

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 4.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/27/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5012

BID: 44298

cwe: CWE-284