CVE-2017-7418

MEDIUM

ProFTPD <1.3.5e, <1.3.6rc5 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 last path component when enforcing AllowChrootSymlinks. Attackers with local access could bypass the AllowChrootSymlinks control by replacing a path component (other than the last one) with a symbolic link. The threat model includes an attacker who is not granted full filesystem access by a hosting provider, but can reconfigure the home directory of an FTP user.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4295
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97409
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/444/commits/349addc3be4fcdad9bd4ec01ad1ccd916c898ed8

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (2)
proftpd/proftpd 1.3.6 (5 CPE variants)
proftpd/proftpd < 1.3.5
Published Apr 04, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026