CVE-2010-20103

A malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to run any OS command on the FTP server host.

A malicious backdoor was embedded in the official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball distributed between November 28 and December 2, 2010. The backdoor implements a hidden FTP command trigger that, when invoked, causes the server to execute arbitrary shell commands with root privileges. This allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to run any OS command on the FTP server host.

Una puerta trasera maliciosa se integró en official ProFTPD 1.3.3c source tarball, distribuido entre el 28 de noviembre y el 2 de diciembre de 2010. Esta puerta trasera implementa un disparador de comandos FTP oculto que, al ser invocado, provoca que el servidor ejecute comandos de shell arbitrarios con privilegios de root. Esto permite a atacantes remotos no autenticados ejecutar cualquier comando del sistema operativo en el host del servidor FTP.