CVE-2017-7418
ProFTPD before 1.3.5e and 1.3.6 before 1.3.6rc5 controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the
02 Description
ProFTPD before 1.3.5e and 1.3.6 before 1.3.6rc5 controls whether the home directory of a user could contain a symbolic link through the AllowChrootSymlinks configuration option, but checks only the
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2017-04-04 17:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64418c4364ffccb6c36cf09337e1f324434cdfccd5ab9918bf40a3e45f93e339
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/ecff21e0d0e84f35c299ef91d7fda088e516d4ed
- github.comhttps://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/f59593e6ff730b832dbe8754916cb5c821db579f
- bugs.proftpd.orghttp://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4295
- www.securityfocus.com97409http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97409
- github.comhttps://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/444/commits/349addc3be4fcdad9bd4ec01ad1ccd916c898ed8
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1836http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1870http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0031http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.5b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.5b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- proftpd-dfsg Fixed in 1.3.5b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- proftpd-dfsg No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.