CVE-2019-5429: Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.

PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.48%

82.7th percentile

Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	filezilla	< filezilla 3.45.1-1 (bookworm)	filezilla 3.45.1-1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
filezilla-project	filezilla_client	< 3.41.0	3.41.0
filezilla	filezilla	—	—
filezilla	filezilla	>= 0 < 3.45.1-1	3.45.1-1
filezilla	filezilla	>= 0 < 3.45.1-1	3.45.1-1
filezilla	filezilla	>= 0 < 3.45.1-1	3.45.1-1
filezilla	filezilla	>= 0 < 3.45.1-1	3.45.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8LOW

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