CVE-2018-10916 — It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4
It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlle
Published
2018-08-01T14:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T07:54:35.215Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
01What is this vulnerability?
It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.
02Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|
| [UNKNOWN] | lftp | up to and including 4.8.3 |
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2018-08-01T14:00:00.000Z
- Last modified: 2024-08-05T07:54:35.215Z
09References
- github.com — https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452
- usn.ubuntu.com — https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/
- bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10916
- github.com — https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.html
- lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00010.html
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