CVE-2012-5301 describes a weakness in Cerberus FTP Server versions prior to 5.0.4.0, where its default configuration allowed the use of the outdated DES cipher for SSH sessions. This vulnerability enables remote attackers to potentially extract sensitive information through network sniffing and brute-force attacks against the weakly encrypted data. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this issue is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:1.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cerberusftp:ftp_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.