Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3991
Published Dec 13, 2011
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.81%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3991.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.98
- 1.79a
- 1.80
- 1.81
- 1.82
- 1.83
- 1.84
- 1.85
- 1.86
- 1.86a
- 1.87
- 1.87a
- 1.88
- 1.88a
- 1.88b
- 1.89
- 1.89a
- 1.89b
- 1.90
- 1.91
- 1.92
- 1.92a
- 1.92b
- 1.92c
- 1.93
- 1.94
- 1.94a
- 1.95
- 1.96
- 1.96a
- 1.96b
- 1.96c
- 1.96d
- 1.97
- 1.97a
- 1.97b
- 1.98
- 1.98
- 1.98
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:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.19% (0.02192) | 80.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 60.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00082) | 36.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 28.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00065) | 26.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 22.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00082) | 33.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (3)
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94002296/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000104 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB
- http://sourceforge.jp/projects/ffftp/wiki/Security x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94002296/index.html | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN | |
| http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000104 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDB | |
| http://sourceforge.jp/projects/ffftp/wiki/Security | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
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