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, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/ecff21e0d0e84f35c299ef91d7fda088e516d4ed
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/commit/f59593e6ff730b832dbe8754916cb5c821db579f
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
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html
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