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

Published 2017-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Psftp Psftpd — versions 10.0.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/ (Third Party Advisory)

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.