8.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2023-40044

Published: 27/09/2023 Updated: 13/10/2023
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 0

Vulnerability Summary

In WS_FTP Server versions before 8.7.4 and 8.8.2, a pre-authenticated attacker could leverage a .NET deserialization vulnerability in the Ad Hoc Transfer module to execute remote commands on the underlying WS_FTP Server operating system.  

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Exploits

This Metasploit module exploits an unsafe NET deserialization vulnerability to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution against a vulnerable WS_FTP server running the Ad Hoc Transfer module All versions of WS_FTP Server prior to 202004 (version 874) and 202202 (version 882) are vulnerable to this issue The vulnerability was original ...

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Analysis of WS_FTP CVE

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