CVE-2022-29620 describes a vulnerability in FileZilla client version 3.59.0 where an attacker can obtain cleartext passwords for connected SSH or FTP servers by performing a memory dump. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access to the compromised system to extract sensitive information, but does not impact integrity or availability. Despite the vendor not considering it a vulnerability, it exposes credentials. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.59.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:filezilla-project:filezilla_client:3.59.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.