ftpd in OpenBSD 4.3, FreeBSD 7.0, NetBSD 4.0, Solaris, and possibly other operating systems 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
Published Sep 25, 2008
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.25%
Description
ftpd in OpenBSD 4.3, FreeBSD 7.0, NetBSD 4.0, Solaris, and possibly other operating systems 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.
Affected products
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:N/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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.25% (0.05254) | 92.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 5.25% (0.05254) | 92.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.04% (0.04045) | 89.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 15, 2025 | 12.61% (0.12610) | 93.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 26, 2025 | 10.84% (0.10842) | 92.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.13% (0.09128) | 92.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 10.44% (0.10441) | 94.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2024 | 8.45% (0.08452) | 94.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 8.87% (0.08866) | 94.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 9.38% (0.09379) | 93.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 95.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.57% (0.12567) | 90.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2008-014.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32068 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32070 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33341 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:12.ftpd.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONRES
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpcmd.y x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpcmd.y.diff?r1=1.51&r2=1.52&f=h x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/libexec/ftpd/ftpd.c.diff?r1=1.183&r2=1.184&f=h x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020946 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021112 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Change history (0)
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