Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

freeSSHd.exe in freeSSHd through 1.2.6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted session, as demonstrated by an OpenSSH client with modified versions of ssh.c and sshconnect2.c.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allow remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long (1) open, (2) unlink, (3) mkdir, (4) rmdir, or (5) stat SFTP command.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in SFTP in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in an SSHFXPOPENDIR (aka opendir) command.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

FreeSSHd 1.3.1 version is vulnerable to an Unquoted Path Service allowing local users to launch processes with elevated privileges.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

FreeFtpd version 1.0.13 and below contains an unquoted service path vulnerability which allows local users to launch processes with elevated privileges.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
EPSS
0.08%
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

A vulnerability was found in freeSSHd 1.0.9 on Windows. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to denial of service. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-251547.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Unspecified vulnerability in FreeSSHD 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by a certain module in VulnDisco Pack Professional 8.11. NOTE: as of 20090917, this disclosure has no actionable information. However, because the VulnDisco Pack author is a reliable researcher, the issue is being assigned a CVE identifier for tracking purposes.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
Null Pointer Dereference
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

freeSSHd 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a SSH2MSGNEWKEYS packet to TCP port 22, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

First published (updated )

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