What is CVE-2017-15272?

CVE-2017-15272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Psftp Psftpd, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-15272?

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

Auth bypass in Psftp Psftpd

CVE-2017-15272

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.006 (43.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15272?: CVE-2017-15272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Psftp Psftpd, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-15272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.