Title: acFTP Invalid Password Weak Authentication Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
acFTP is a freely available FTP server designed for use with Microsoft Windows operating systems.
A vulnerability has been reported for acFTP. Reportedly, acFTP allows users to authenticate with an invalid password.
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and log on to the vulnerable FTP server using any string as a password. When an invalid password is entered, acFTP will reportedly reject the password but will treat the attacker as a valid user.
This vulnerability has been reported for acFTP 1.4. It is not known whether other versions are affected.
Affected Products:
- acFTP acFTP 1.4.0
References:
- acFTP: acFTP
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