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Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

CVE-2007-5184

High
7.5/10

Summary

Format string vulnerability in the SMBDirList function in dirlist.c in SmbFTPD 0.96 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a directory name.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
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CWE-134 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

The software uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

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