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TI-2017-04258 Aliases CVE-2017-6465GHSA-mq94-vm4p-fh7g

Remote Code Execution was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.53.

Priority HIGH 73CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Remote Code Execution was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.53. By default, the client sends a PWD command to the FTP server it is connecting to; however, it doesn't check the response's length, leading to a buffer overflow situation.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.50315 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_client:6.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.53VulnerableFtpshell
  • cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_client:6.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.53 Vulnerable ·Ftpshell

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6465
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mq94-vm4p-fh7g

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2018-05478 An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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