CVE-2008-4242

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    CVE-2008-4242

    Published: 25 Sept 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ProFTPD 1.3.1 interprets long commands from an FTP client as multiple commands, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks and execute arbitrary FTP commands via a long ftp:// URI that leverages an existing session from the FTP client implementation in a web browser.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/31930, http://secunia.com/advisories/33261, http://secunia.com/advisories/33413, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1689, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:061, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31289, http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3115, http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/56, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4313, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020945, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45274, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00078.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00245.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High