CVE-2019-12143 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in SSHServerAPI.dll in Progress ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2018 before 8.6.1. An attacker can supply a string using special patterns via the SCP protocol to disclose WS_FTP usernames as well as filenames.

Published: 2019-06-11

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2019-3793	A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in SSHServerAPI.dll in Progress ipswitch WS_FTP Server 2018 before 8.6.1. An attacker can supply a string using special patterns via the SCP protocol to disclose WS_FTP usernames as well as filenames.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01991.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP_Server2018/ReleaseNotes/index.htm#49242.htm

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Progress Ws Ftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-06-11T20:54:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T23:10:30.814Z

Reserved: 2019-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-12143

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-06-11T21:29:01.053

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:14:08.263

Link: CVE-2019-12143

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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