CVE-2019-5623 — Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance o

Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').

01What is this vulnerability?

Accellion File Transfer Appliance version FTA_8_0_540 suffers from an instance of CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection').

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Accellion	File Transfer Appliance	FTA_8_0_540

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: 2020-04-29T22:15:29.271Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T20:48:06.058Z

09References

• www.rapid7.com — https://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/linux/misc/accellion_fta_mpipe2