Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-15272
CVE-2017-15272
Description
The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server stores its configuration inside PSFTPd.dat. This file is a Microsoft Access Database and can be extracted. The application sets the encrypt flag with the password "ITsILLEGAL"; however, this password is not required to extract the data. Cleartext is used for a user password.
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/541518/100/0/threadednvd
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