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CVE-2017-15272

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15272 describes a vulnerability in PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 where the server's configuration file, PSFTPd.dat (a Microsoft Access Database), stores user passwords in cleartext. Although the file is marked as encrypted with a default password, this password is not required to extract the data, making sensitive information easily accessible. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media 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

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
x41-dsec.de / lab/advisories/x41-2017-006-psftpd
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/541518/100/0/threaded