{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10916","details":"It has been discovered that lftp up to and including version 4.8.3 does not properly sanitize remote file names, leading to a loss of integrity on the local system when reverse mirroring is used. A remote attacker may trick a user to use reverse mirroring on an attacker controlled FTP server, resulting in the removal of all files in the current working directory of the victim's system.","modified":"2026-02-04T04:32:20.901537Z","published":"2018-08-01T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3731-1","USN-3731-2"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-10916"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10916"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3731-1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3731-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10916"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lftp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lftp@4.4.13-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.13-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["4.4.9-1","4.4.10-1","4.4.11-1","4.4.13-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"lftp","binary_version":"4.4.13-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10916.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lftp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lftp@4.6.3a-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.6.3a-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["4.6.3a-1","4.6.3a-1build1","4.6.3a-1build2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"lftp","binary_version":"4.6.3a-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10916.json"}},{"package":{"name":"lftp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lftp@4.8.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.8.1-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["4.8.0-3","4.8.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"lftp","binary_version":"4.8.1-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10916.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}