>> SmbFTPD "SMBDirList()" Function File Listing Format String Vulnerability
Title : SmbFTPD "SMBDirList()" Function File Listing Format String Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3311 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5184
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-01
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in SmbFTPD, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands. This issue is caused by a format string error in the "SMBDirList()" [dirlist.c] function when listing and displaying specially crafted filenames, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system via a file with a specially crafted filename.
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