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CVE-2009-5012
ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 does not require the l permission for the MLST command, which allows remote authenticated users to…
- 4.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
ftpserver.py in pyftpdlib before 0.5.2 does not require the l permission for the MLST command, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and list the root directory via an FTP session.
Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpyftpdlibGHSA-h4g7-8m7r-87r9 (opens in a new tab)
References
4
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=596 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn596&r=596&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/ftpserver.py (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=114 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-0027 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-h4g7-8m7r-87r9 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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