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CVE-2010-20103

Estado: AnalizadaCrítica (9.3)—

A malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to run any OS command on the FTP server host.

CVSS

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

Vector AV:N/PR:N/UI:N indica explotación remota sin autenticación (T1190). La puerta trasera permite ejecutar comandos shell arbitrarios con privilegios root (T1059, T1068).

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Proftpd — Proftpd

CWE

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