CVEvulnerability

CVE-2018-10916

6.5 MEDIUM Published 2018-08-01 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-08-01
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.

Affected configurations

• lftp project lftp (<= 4.8.3) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • opensuse leap 42.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References