CVE-2010-20103Critical· 9.8▾ AbyssalPoC availableA malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute a…
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 53.9 · likelihood 1 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 2 sources. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 15.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
4.8%
4.8% → 5.1%
Metasploit ×1 · Nuclei ×1
A malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to run any OS command on the FTP server host.
proftpd = 1.3.3Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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