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CVE-2015-3306: ProFTPD ProFTPD
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Actively exploited (CISA KEV) CRITICAL severity
Description
ProFTPD contains an improper access control vulnerability that could allow remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files via the site cpfr and site cpto commands.
Key facts
- CVSS v3
- 10 (CRITICAL)
- CVSS v2
- 10 (HIGH)
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2015-05-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-09
- NVD status
- Analyzed
- Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-08
- CISA due date
- 2026-10-11
Required action
Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
This vulnerability could affect an open-source component, third-party library, protocol, or proprietary implementation that could be used by different products. For more information, please see: http://www.proftpd.org/ ; https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2015/msg00154.html ; https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/updates@lists.opensuse.org/message/WE6YZRG5UVXMGQ7IVDRYBPIWV4M6UUGM/ ; BOD 26-04: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; Forensics Triage Requirements: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3306
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-284
- CWE-284