CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1092

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Lightspeed DeluxeFTP 6.01 stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in sites.xml, which is world-readable, allowing local users to gain privileges.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential compromise of FTP accounts by local users, leading to unauthorized access to FTP servers and data breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the software to a version that encrypts credentials and restrict access to the sites.xml file to trusted accounts only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Lightspeed DeluxeFTP 6.01 stores usernames and passwords in plaintext in sites.xml, which is world-readable, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS