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Vulnerability · CVE-2011-4130

ProFTPD Response API Remote Code Execution

Published Jun 20, 2017 · catalog updated Jun 20, 2017 · ProFTPD ProFTPD

Patch now

CVE-2011-4130 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ProFTPD ProFTPD against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
12.63%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor ProFTPD ProFTPD

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Response API in ProFTPD before 1.3.3g allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an error that occurs after an FTP data transfer.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor ProFTPD ProFTPDversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2011-4130

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2011-4130 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm ProFTPD ProFTPD against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 12.63%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 20, 2017 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Response API in ProFTPD before 1.3.3g allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an error that occurs after an FTP data transfer.

  2. Jun 20, 2017 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2011-4130

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2011-4130

    30-day exploitation probability 12.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2011-4130

    Use-after-free vulnerability in the Response API in ProFTPD before 1.3.3g allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an error that occurs after an FTP data transfer.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.