PeerFTP Client Detection

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2656

Synopsis

The remote host is running software that should be authorized with respect to corporate policy.

Description

The remote host is running PeerFTP. PeerFTP is a peer-to-peer application that utilizes the FTP protocol. PeerFTP is both a client and a server application. The remote host is offering files for download as well as downloading files. Further, as the host is running PeerFTP version 5, there is a flaw in the way that passwords are stored. All passwords are stored locally as plaintext.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2656

Published: 2/28/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:W/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:peerftp_5:peerftp_5

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0517

BID: 12670