Ipswitch WS FTP Client Format String Vulnerability
🗓️ 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2008-3734 | 17 Aug 200800:00 | – | circl | |
| Ipswitch WS_FTP Client Format String (CVE-2008-3734) | 10 Mar 201000:00 | – | checkpoint_advisories | |
| CVE-2008-3734 | 20 Aug 200816:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2008-3734 | 20 Aug 200816:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Ipswitch WS_FTP Home/Professional FTP Client - Remote Format String (PoC) | 17 Aug 200800:00 | – | exploitdb | |
| CVE-2008-3734 | 20 Aug 200816:41 | – | nvd | |
| Ipswitch WS FTP Client Format String Vulnerability | 27 Aug 200800:00 | – | openvas | |
| Format string | 20 Aug 200816:41 | – | prion |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/31504/ |
| xforce | www.xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44512 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/30720 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900206");
script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-27 11:53:45 +0200 (Wed, 27 Aug 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3734");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_name("Ipswitch WS FTP Client Format String Vulnerability");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/31504/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30720");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44512");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"WS FTP Client is prone to a format string vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Issue is due to a format string error when processing responses
of the FTP server.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ipswitch WS FTP Home/Professional 2007 and prior versions.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Ipswitch WS FTP Home/Professional version 12 or later.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow execution of arbitrary code
on the vulnerable system or cause the application to crash by tricking
a user into connecting to a malicious ftp server.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
wsFtpDir = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\WS_FTP",
item:"Dir");
if(!wsFtpDir)
{
wsFtpDir = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Ipswitch\WS_FTP Home",
item:"Dir");
if(!wsFtpDir){
exit(0);
}
wsFtpHome = TRUE;
}
fileVer = GetVersionFromFile(file:wsFtpDir + "\wsftpgui.exe", verstr:"prod");
if(!fileVer){
exit(0);
}
if(wsFtpHome)
{
if(egrep(pattern:"^([01][0-9][0-9][0-9]\..*|200[0-6]\..*|" +
"2007\.0\.0\.[0-2])$", string:fileVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
else
{
if(egrep(pattern:"^([01][0-9][0-9][0-9]\..*|200[0-6]\..*|" +
"2007\.[01]\.0\.0)$", string:fileVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
}
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05 Mar 2025 00:00Current
6.5Medium risk
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CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.13947