CVE-2019-12815

CRITICALImmediate

Published:Jul 19, 2019(6 years ago)

Modified:Nov 4, 2025

Remote ExploitNo Auth RequiredNo InteractionLow Complexity

Vulnerability Description

An arbitrary file copy vulnerability in mod_copy in ProFTPD up to 1.3.5b allows for remote code execution and information disclosure without authentication, a related issue to CVE-2015-3306.

Attack Characteristics

Network AccessLow ComplexityNo Auth NeededNo User Interaction

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No Fix Known

No patch has been released yet. Apply workarounds or mitigations where available.

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed In
proftpd	proftpd	1.3.5b	-
fedoraproject	fedora	-	-
fedoraproject	fedora	-

Timeline

Published
CVE disclosed publicly
Jul 19, 20196 years ago
Last Modified
Most recent update
Nov 4, 20256 months ago
Indexed to CVEInsight
Added to this platform
Mar 29, 20261 month ago

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109339Broken Link
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4372Exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004....Broken Link

CVSS Score

v3.1

9.8/ 10.0

CRITICAL

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

At a Glance

Affected Products

References

proftpd / proftpd

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022....Broken Link

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009....Broken Link

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdfThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/816Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/3Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-16Third Party Advisory

https://tbspace.de/cve201912815proftpd.htmlPatch

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4491Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4372Exploit

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004....Broken Link

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022....Broken Link

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009....Broken Link

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Aug/35

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109339Broken Link

https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdfThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/816Patch

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00006.htmlMailing List

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists...

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/3Mailing List

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-16Third Party Advisory

https://tbspace.de/cve201912815proftpd.htmlPatch

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4491Third Party Advisory

CVSS v3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

Impact

ScopeUnchanged

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

Impact Analysis

ConfidentialityHigh

NoneLowHigh

IntegrityHigh

NoneLowHigh

AvailabilityHigh

NoneLowHigh

CVE-2019-12815

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Attack Characteristics

Affected Software

Timeline

References

CVSS Score

At a Glance

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CVSS v3 Vector

Impact Analysis

Vulnerability Description