CVE-2008-4242 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-4242

ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as...

Vulnerability Description

ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

proftpd project

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Affected Software

proftpd
Vulnerable Versions:
1.3.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 25th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.