Duplicity discloses password in FTP backend
Published Oct 4, 2007
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
The FTP backend for Duplicity before 0.4.9 sends the password as a command line argument when calling ncftp, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments.
Affected products
No data.
- < 0.4.9
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00374) | 28.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00371) | 28.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 18.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=442840 x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/42339 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-5201 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=293081 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxcw-rqxc-hj85 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5201
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080118045107/https://duplicity.nongnu.org/CHANGELOG
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200228164800/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27771
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5201
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00356.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00445.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
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