CVE-2017-15272

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server stores its configuration inside PSFTPd.dat. This file is a Microsoft Access Database and can be extracted. The application sets the encrypt flag with the password "ITsILLEGAL"; however, this password is not required to extract the data. Cleartext is used for a user password.

Affected products

Psftpd: 10.0.4

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/

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