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CVE-2004-1948

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

NcFTP client 3.1.6 and 3.1.7, when the username and password are included in an FTP URL that is provided on the command line, allows local users to obtain sensitive information via "ps aux," which displays the URL in the process list.

Affected products

• Ncftp Software Ncftp: 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.1.0 (+7)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108247943201685&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11438
• http://www.osvdb.org/5595
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10182
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15919
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108247943201685&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11438
• http://www.osvdb.org/5595
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10182
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15919

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