CVE-2002-2417 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

acFTP 1.4 does not properly handle when an invalid password is provided by the user during authentication, which allows remote attackers to hide or misrepresent certain activity from log files and possibly gain privileges.

Published: 2007-11-01

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 5.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acftp:acftp:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2395	acFTP 1.4 does not properly handle when an invalid password is provided by the user during authentication, which allows remote attackers to hide or misrepresent certain activity from log files and possibly gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05718.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0088.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3334
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10681.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/300929
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6235

History

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Subscriptions

Acftp Acftp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-01T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:06:53.859Z

Reserved: 2007-11-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2417

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2417

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-287

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