CVE-2009-0542
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'"
02 Description
SQL injection vulnerability in ProFTPD Server 1.3.1 through 1.3.2rc2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via a "%" (percent) character in the username, which introduces a "'"
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 73.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-02-12 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-02-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e683dbec5632b5c68e0cd7d1bc67102cf3368fed331f83b8548f95e7f61d153d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-1730http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1730
- www.securityfocus.com20090210 Re: Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500833/100/0/threaded
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090211 Re: CVE request for proftpdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/5
- bugs.proftpd.orghttp://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3180
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090211 Re: CVE request for proftpdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/3
- secunia.com34268http://secunia.com/advisories/34268
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2009:061http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
- www.securityfocus.com20090211 Re: Re: Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500852/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20090210 ProFTPd with mod_mysql Authentication Bypass Exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500851/100/0/threaded
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090211 CVE request for proftpdhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/11/1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200903-27http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-27.xml
- www.exploit-db.com8037https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8037
- www.securityfocus.com20090210 Another SQL injection in ProFTPd with mod_mysql (probably postgres as well)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500823/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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