CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
69.0%
The version of WS_FTP client installed on the remote host uses a weak encryption method to store password information. A local attacker could exploit this to discover FTP passwords.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(14597);
script_version("1.15");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-1078");
script_bugtraq_id(547);
script_name(english:"WS_FTP Pro Client Weak Password Encrypted");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote FTP client is using weak encryption."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The version of WS_FTP client installed on the remote host uses a weak
encryption method to store password information. A local attacker
could exploit this to discover FTP passwords."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Upgrade to the latest version of WS_FTP client."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/09/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "1999/07/29");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/07 16:46:51");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe",value:"cpe:/a:ipswitch:ws_ftp");
script_end_attributes();
script_summary(english:"Check IPSWITCH WS_FTP version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_dependencies("ws_ftp_client_overflows.nasl");
script_require_keys("ws_ftp_client/version");
exit(0);
}
# start script
version = get_kb_item("ws_ftp_client/version");
if ( ! version ) exit(0);
if (ereg(string:version, pattern:"^([0-5]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]|6\.0\.0\.0[^0-9])"))
security_note(get_kb_item("SMB/transport"));