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Vulnerability details: VCID-kkqc-jz9x-mycw
Vulnerability ID VCID-kkqc-jz9x-mycw
Aliases CVE-2018-10916
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
System Score Found at
cvssv3 5.3 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-10916.json
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
epss 0.00755 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
cvssv3 5.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10916
cvssv3 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10916
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00010.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-10916.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-10916
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10916
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10916
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/commit/a27e07d90a4608ceaf928b1babb27d4d803e1992
https://github.com/lavv17/lftp/issues/452
1610349 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1610349
905163 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=905163
cpe:2.3:a:lftp_project:lftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:lftp_project:lftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-10916 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10916
RHSA-2020:1045 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1045
USN-3731-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-1/
USN-3731-2 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3731-2/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-10916.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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physical

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10916
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

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adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10916
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.72269
EPSS Score 0.00755
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:33:02.268831+00:00 Alpine Linux Importer Import https://secdb.alpinelinux.org/v3.13/main.json 37.0.0