MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-2348

Lftp vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
mirror --script in lftp before 3.5.9 does not properly quote shell metacharacters, which might allow remote user-assisted attackers to execute shell commands via a malicious script. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses security boundaries, since the script already supports commands such as "get" which could overwrite executable files.
Affected vendor
Alexander V. Lukyanov
Affected product
Lftp
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2007-04-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-2348

  • Confirm whether Alexander V. Lukyanov Lftp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-2348.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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