7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-5429
FileZilla Path Traversal Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 29, 2019, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:11 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-5429 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 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Filezilla-project filezilla_client
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-2019-5429.

URL Resource
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51 Third Party Advisory
https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla?view=revision&revision=9112 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14 Third Party Advisory

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).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-5429 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-5429 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference HackerOne https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference HackerOne https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 26, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 28, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 3.41.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla_client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (excluding) 3.41.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE HackerOne CWE-426
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla?view=revision&revision=9112 No Types Assigned https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla?view=revision&revision=9112 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14 No Types Assigned https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-426
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.41.0
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-2019-5429 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.21 }} 0.08%

score

0.58670

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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