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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-12815 in the critical feed json

An arbitrary file copy vulnerability in mod_copy in ProFTPD up to 1.3.5b allows for remote code execution and information disclosure withou…

published 2019-07-19 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-4396

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
57.3%
EPSS 57.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An arbitrary file copy vulnerability in mod_copy in ProFTPD up to 1.3.5b allows for remote code execution and information disclosure without authentication, a related issue to CVE-2015-3306.

Patch / fix

  • siemens simatic_cp_1543-1_firmware 2.2
  • proftpd-dfsg Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.6-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12815

  • proftpd openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.3.6e-1.10
  • proftpd Package Hub 15 SP1, Package Hub 15, openSUSE Leap 15.1 1.3.6b-bp151.4.6.2
  • proftpd Package Hub 15 SP1 1.3.5e-bp151.4.3.1
  • proftpd Package Hub 15, openSUSE Leap 15.1, openSUSE Leap 15.0 1.3.5e-bp150.3.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11196-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0031-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1870-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1836-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-12815 updated cvss 9.8

proftpd: file copy vulnerability in mod_copy allows for remote code execution

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-20-042-03 updated cvss 9.8

Siemens SIMATIC CP 1543-1

  • Siemens SIMATIC CP 1543-1 (incl. SIPLUS NET variants) >=V2.0_and_<V2.2
    affected: fixed in V2.2, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

57.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.proftpd.org http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4372 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-755 Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

References

Sources

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