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CVE-2017-15272

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3 EPSS 0.56% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-11-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-15272
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.56%
Microsoft

Original NVD Description

The PSFTPd 10.0.4 Build 729 server stores its configuration inside PSFTPd.dat. This file is a Microsoft Access Database and can be extracted. The application sets the encrypt flag with the password "ITsILLEGAL"; however, this password is not required to extract the data. Cleartext is used for a user password.