Name: CVE-2019-5429: Untrusted Search Path
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-04-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-5429, CWE-426, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.02838

Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade filezilla	May 30, 2022	Apr 29, 2019
Filezilla	—	Upgrade The FileZilla Project FileZilla to the latest version	Oct 8, 2025	Apr 29, 2019
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade net-ftp/filezilla.	Jul 28, 2020	Apr 29, 2019
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Apr 29, 2019

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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