CVE-2011-2523 (GCVE-0-2011-2523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-27 20:36 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:00
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Summary
vsftpd 2.3.4 downloaded between 20110630 and 20110703 contains a backdoor which opens a shell on port 6200/tcp.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • UNKNOWN_TYPE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
vsftpd vsftpd Affected: 2.3.4 downloaded between 20110630 and 20110703
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