Remote File Name Sanitization Vulnerability in lftp

CVE-2018-10916 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.

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