CVE-2019-5429

HIGH

FileZilla <3.41.0-rc1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0248
EPSS Percentile 82.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 28
filezilla-project/filezilla_client < 3.41.0
Published Apr 29, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026