Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-4266 - Insecure Executable File Loading Arbitrary Code Execution vulnerability in FFFTP

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CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
ffftp
critical

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3991. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html 'CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path'