CVE-2019-12815

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 82.64% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory proftpd.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://tbspace.de/cve201912815proftpd.html third party advisory patch
http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4372 issue tracking patch vendor advisory exploit
https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/pull/816 third party advisory patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/109339 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XM5FPBAGSIKV6YJZEPM6GPGJO5JFT7XU/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OJDQ3XUYWO42TJBO53NUWDZRA35QMVEI/ vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/3 third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4491 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00006.html third party advisory mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00004.html vendor advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00022.html vendor advisory broken link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-16 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory broken link
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-940889.pdf third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-12815?
CVE-2019-12815 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-12815?
To fix CVE-2019-12815, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-12815 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-12815 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~83% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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