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TI-2018-05478 Aliases CVE-2018-7573GHSA-v9q9-9c5j-v225

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7.

Priority HIGH 79CWE-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

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.69204 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
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:6.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*6.70VulnerableFtpshell
  • cpe:2.3:a:ftpshell:ftpshell_client:6.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.70 Vulnerable ·Ftpshell

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-7573
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v9q9-9c5j-v225

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2017-04258 Remote Code Execution was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.53. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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