# CVE-2011-4266: Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a dire

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-12-13 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in FFFTP before 1.98d allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a directory that is accessed for reading an extensionless file, as demonstrated by executing the README.exe file when a user attempts to access the README file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-3991.

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## References

- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2011-000104
- http://sourceforge.jp/projects/ffftp/wiki/Security
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94002296/index.html

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