VAR-199902-0016

Vulnerability from variot - Updated: 2025-04-03 22:26

IPswitch WS_FTP allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920. Non-administrative Imail and WS_FTP Server users may elevate their privileges to administrator for these applications by modifying a specific registry value. Once a person has obtained administrative privileges, they may use the application interface (locally) to read email, create accounts, delete accounts, etc. A security vulnerability exists in IPswitch WS_FTP

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