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CVE-2002-2417: Acftp: Privilege escalation

CVE-2002-2417 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Acftp. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

acFTP 1.4 does not properly handle when an invalid password is provided by the user during authentication, which allows remote attackers to hide or misrepresent certain activity from log files and possibly gain privileges.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

• Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
• Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
• Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
• Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
• Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
• Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Underlying weakness

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected products

• Acftp: 1.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6235
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0088.html
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3334
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10681.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300929