6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2008-4242
ProFTPD Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) 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.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 25, 2008, 7:25 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2008-4242 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-4242 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Proftpd_project proftpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-4242.

URL Resource
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
http://secunia.com/advisories/31930 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
http://secunia.com/advisories/31930 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289 Exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Aug. 1, 2022, 2:18 p.m. This repo has been linked 16 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-4242 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-4242 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31930
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33261
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33413
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56
    Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45274 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 26, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-4242 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-4242 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.93 }} -0.88%

score

0.82799

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability