# CVE-2012-0315: Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALFTP before 5.31 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse executable file in a direc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2012-02-22 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ALFTP before 5.31 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/995223/index.html
- http://www.altools.jp/download.aspx
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN85695061/index.html
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2012-000011
- http://www.altools.jp/ETC/NEWS.aspx?mid=231&vidx=118

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