UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5429

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-5429
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5429.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5429
Upstream
Published
2019-04-29T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:27Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Untrusted search path in FileZilla before 3.41.0-rc1 allows an attacker to gain privileges via a malicious 'fzsftp' binary in the user's home directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / filezilla

Package

Name
filezilla
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/filezilla@3.15.0.2-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.12.0.2-1ubuntu2
3.14.1-1ubuntu1
3.15.0.2-0ubuntu1
3.15.0.2-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "filezilla",
            "binary_version": "3.15.0.2-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "filezilla-common",
            "binary_version": "3.15.0.2-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / filezilla

Package

Name
filezilla
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/filezilla@3.28.0-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.27.0~rc1-1
3.28.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "filezilla",
            "binary_version": "3.28.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "filezilla-common",
            "binary_version": "3.28.0-1"
        }
    ]
}