CVE-2019-5429
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 29, 2019 at 02:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:37 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraFilezilla Client
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%95%
v < 3.41.03.41.0-rc1
Affected range stops below 3.41.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla?view=revision&revision=9112x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-426
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