Hidden Functionality

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Hidden Functionality via a hidden FTP command trigger in the process. An attacker can execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges by sending a specially crafted FTP command. Remediation Upgrade proftpd/proftpd to version 1.3.3...

CVE-2010-20103

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...

CVE-2010-20103 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Backdoor Command Execution

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...

CVE-2010-20103

ProFTPD 1.3.3c contains a backdoor in its source tarball (Nov 28–Dec 2, 2010) enabling a hidden FTP command trigger that executes arbitrary shell commands as root. This is a remote, unauthenticated escalation. Remediate by upgrading to ProFTPD 1.3.3d or newer (per connected SNYK advisory).

CVE-2010-20103 ProFTPD 1.3.3c Backdoor Command Execution

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...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2010-20103

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...

PT-2025-34100 · Undefined · Undefined

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...

ProFTPD 安全漏洞

ProFTPD is the ProFTPD open source suite of highly configurable, open source FTP server software. A security vulnerability exists in ProFTPD version 1.3.3c, which originates from a malicious backdoor embedded in the code package that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-18217

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - ProFTPD before 1.3.6b and 1.3.7rc before 1.3.7rc2 allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service due to incorrect handling of overly long commands because main...

OESA-2025-2026 proftpd security update

ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based...

OESA-2025-2024 proftpd security update

ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based...

OESA-2025-2025 proftpd security update

ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based...

OESA-2025-2023 proftpd security update

ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based...

OESA-2025-2022 proftpd security update

ProFTPD is an enhanced FTP server with a focus toward simplicity, security, and ease of configuration. It features a very Apache-like configuration syntax, and a highly customizable server infrastructure, including support for multiple 'virtual' FTP servers, anonymous FTP, and permission-based...

ROS-20250814-10

A vulnerability in the mod-copy module of the ProFTPD FTP server is related to a null pointer dereference error. Exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an attacker acting remotely to cause a denial of service...

SUSE CVE-2003-0831

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files...

Fedora: Security Advisory (FEDORA-2025-835949b994)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

CVE-2024-48651

In ProFTPD through 1.3.8b before cec01cc, supplemental group inheritance grants unintended access to GID 0 because of the lack of supplemental groups from modsql...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for proftpd (EulerOS-SA-2025-1535)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for proftpd (EulerOS-SA-2025-1534)

The remote host is missing an update for the Huawei EulerOS SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...