ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
ProFTPD · ProFTPD
The mod_copy module in ProFTPD 1.3.5 contains an improper access control flaw that affects the ProFTPD FTP server. An attacker with network access can use the site cpfr and site cpto commands to read and write arbitrary files, and no authentication, user interaction, or special configuration is required.
The mod_copy module in ProFTPD 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files via the site cpfr and site cpto commands.
- Exploited
- Yes, in CISA KEV
- Reports
- 0
- Tactics
- 2/15
How an attack unfolds
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First seen exploited 11 years after disclosure. Public exploit code (Exploit-DB) was available 35 days before disclosure.
- Public exploit codeExploit-DB35 days before
- Disclosedday 0
CISA KEV listing is when exploitation was confirmed, not necessarily the first attack.
Patch historyEarlier and later CVEs in the same code, in date order. It shows when a fix was bypassed or incomplete and which version finally fixed it.
2 related vulnerabilities in the same code over 4 years.
Linked vulnerabilitiesLinked by evidence that a fix failed or the same code was patched again. Oldest first.
- This CVECVE-2015-3306ProFTPD Improper Access Control18 May 2015KEV
relatedLow
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- Stated in the CVE text
An arbitrary file copy vulnerability in mod_copy in ProFTPD up to 1.3.5b allows for remote code execution and information disclosure without authentication, a related issue to CVE-2015-3306.
- Stated in the CVE text
MITRE ATT&CKA public catalogue of the techniques attackers use, maintained by MITRE. Patchfirst uses it to describe what attackers do with a vulnerability. techniques
2 TechniqueOne specific attacker behaviour in MITRE ATT&CK, such as T1190 “Exploit Public-Facing Application”. IDs with a dot, like T1059.004, are sub-techniques., grouped by TacticThe attacker’s goal at a stage of an attack in MITRE ATT&CK, such as Initial Access or Persistence. Each technique belongs to one or more tactics. in kill-chain order, 2 cited passages 2Initial AccessTA0001
Remote unauthenticated exploitation of exposed FTP service
allows remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files
CollectionTA0009
Arbitrary file read from local system
allows remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files
Detection
0 rules for this CVE · 163 general rules for its techniquesRules for this CVE
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General rules for this CVE’s techniques
These detect the technique in general, not this specific vulnerability.
Exploit Public-Facing ApplicationT1190149 general rules
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Data from Local SystemT100514 general rules
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What security researchers reported
Not named in any threat report yetAlso mentioned in 23 community threat pulses (AlienVault OTX)
Weaker evidencePulses are indicator collections that anyone can publish. A mention is not confirmation of exploitation.
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 29, 202628 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 28, 202627 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 27, 202626 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 24, 202623 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 23, 202622 Oct 2026
- Actively_Exploited_Kev | Oct 22, 202621 Oct 2026
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