CVE-2005-0850· filezilla-project / filezilla server· CWE-20
FileZilla Server < 0.9.6 - DoS via MS-DOS Device Names
mediumseverity
5CVSS score
2.2%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days
83%of all CVEs are less likely
Readycheck to confirm it
FileZilla Server versions prior to 0.9.6 are vulnerable to denial of service when processing filenames containing MS-DOS device names such as CON, NUL, COM1, LPT1, and others. Remote attackers can cause the server to crash or become unresponsive by requesting files with these reserved device names.
Impact
Attackers can cause denial of service by requesting files with MS-DOS device names, triggering FileZilla Server crashes or unresponsiveness.
Fix
Upgrade FileZilla Server to version 0.9.6 or later that properly handles MS-DOS reserved device names.
How to confirm it
Send: tcp probe to {{Hostname}}
Positive when: contains(raw, 'FileZilla') and compare_versions(version, '< 0.9.6')Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2005-0850 -u <target>
The full check
id: CVE-2005-0850
info:
name: FileZilla Server < 0.9.6 - DoS via MS-DOS Device Names
author: pussycat0x
severity: medium
description: |
FileZilla Server versions prior to 0.9.6 are vulnerable to denial of service when processing filenames containing MS-DOS device names such as CON, NUL, COM1, LPT1, and others. Remote attackers can cause the server to crash or become unresponsive by requesting files with these reserved device names.
impact: |
Attackers can cause denial of service by requesting files with MS-DOS device names, triggering FileZilla Server crashes or unresponsiveness.
remediation: |
Upgrade FileZilla Server to version 0.9.6 or later that properly handles MS-DOS reserved device names.
reference:
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=21558&release_id=314473
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
cvss-score: 5
cve-id: CVE-2005-0850
cwe-id: CWE-20
epss-score: 0.0219
epss-percentile: 0.82587
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 1
vendor: filezilla-project
product: filezilla_server
shodan-query: product:"FileZilla"
tags: cve,cve2005,network,ftp,filezilla,tcp,passive,vuln
tcp:
- inputs:
- data: 00000000
type: hex
host:
- "{{Hostname}}"
port: 21
read-size: 1024
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- "contains(raw, 'FileZilla')"
- "compare_versions(version, '< 0.9.6')"
condition: and
extractors:
- type: regex
group: 1
name: version
regex:
- "FileZilla Server version ([0-9.]+)"References
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