vulnerability
FileZilla: CVE-2019-5429: Untrusted Search Path
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Apr 29, 2019 | Oct 8, 2025 | Oct 8, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 29, 2019
Added
Oct 8, 2025
Modified
Oct 8, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
the-filezilla-project-filezilla-upgrade-latest
References
- CWE-426
- CVE-2019-5429
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-5429
- URL-https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00037.html
- URL-https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R7WUJWTJA55ILACKLTJFSQUYEBHVYENL/
- URL-https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-51
- URL-https://svn.filezilla-project.org/filezilla?view=revision&revision=9112
- URL-https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2019-14
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