What is CVE-2017-15270?

CVE-2017-15270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Psftp Psftpd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-15270?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Psftp Psftpd

CVE-2017-15270

The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server does not properly escape data before writing it into a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file. This can be used by attackers to hide data in the Graphical User Interface (GUI) view and create arbitrary entries to a certain extent. Special characters such as '"' and ',' and '\r' are not escaped and can be used to add new entries to the log.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.070 (93.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Psftp Psftpd — versions 10.0.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15270?: CVE-2017-15270 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Psftp Psftpd, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-15270?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.