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SmartFTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 5702

Synopsis

The remote host has a FTP client installed that is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack

Description

The remote host is running SmartFTP, a FTP client for Windows.

Versions of SmartFTP earlier than 4.0.1124 are potentially affected by a directory traversal vulnerability. An attacker, exploiting this flaw, could trick a user into downloading a malicious file into a user's Startup folder.

Solution

Upgrade to SmartFTP 4.0.1124 or later.

See Also

http://smartftp.com/forums/index.php?/topic/16425-smartftp-client-4-0-change-log

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 5702

Family: FTP Clients

Published: 11/10/2010

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:smartftp:smartftp

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3099

BID: 42287