CVE-2008-4242

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4242
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-25 19:25:18 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-352 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Proftpd Project Proftpd 1.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1689-1 proftpd-dfsg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Debian update for proftpd-dfsg - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ProFTPD Request Processing Bug Permits Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
ProFTPD Long Command Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
multiple vendor ftpd - Cross-site request forgery - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 3115 – Cross-site request forgery af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.proftpd.org
Fedora update for proftpd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Multiple Vendor FTP Server Long Command Handling Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: proftpd-1.3.1-8.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SecurityReason - multiple vendor ftpd - Cross-site request forgery ( Research Advisory ) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: proftpd-1.3.1-8.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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