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CVE-2015-3306: ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2026-10-08
• EPSS: 99.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2015-05-18 · updated 2026-10-09
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

The mod_copy module in ProFTPD 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files via the site cpfr and site cpto commands.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 20, 21, 22
• openSUSE Tumbleweed: all versions
• ProFTPD: 1.3.5
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-sp7

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157053.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157054.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157581.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00020.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131505/ProFTPd-1.3.5-File-Copy.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131555/ProFTPd-1.3.5-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131567/ProFTPd-CPFR-CPTO-Proof-Of-Concept.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132218/ProFTPD-1.3.5-Mod_Copy-Command-Execution.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162777/ProFTPd-1.3.5-Remote-Command-Execution.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3263
• http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/ftp/proftpd_modcopy_exec
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74238

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