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CVE-2017-15270

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15270 describes a log injection vulnerability in PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729, where the server fails to properly escape special characters before writing data to CSV log files. This allows attackers to manipulate log entries, hide data in GUI views, and create arbitrary entries. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.3), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to information integrity issues. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:psftp:psftpd:10.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43144 · Nov 14, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0697 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/144972/PSFTPd-Windows-FTP-Server-10.0.4-Build-729-Use-After-Free-Log-Injection.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/43144
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded