Exposed FTP Credentials on ███████
Medium
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U.S. Dept Of Defense
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Vulnerability Details
Technical details and impact analysis
**Summary:**
An exposed configuration file leaks FTP credentials to a DoD server.
**Description:**
The config file hosted on`ftp://█████████/pub/misc/FTP_███████Sign.exe.config` exposes a username `█████████` and associated password `███████`. These are valid credentials for the FTP server operating on `██████████:21`. This was verified by establishing a connection to the server with the credentials - no file data was transferred.
## Impact
Read access to any file on the `████` FTP server.
## Step-by-step Reproduction Instructions
1. Navigate to `ftp://████/pub/misc/FTP_██████Sign.exe.config` (establishes an anonymous FTP session on modern browsers)
2. Verify credentials are in the `userSettings` XML section
3. Establish an FTP connection to `████████` using the credentials
## Suggested Mitigation/Remediation Actions
Anonymous FTP access should be disabled on `██████████` and the credentials exposed in the configuration file should be changed.
Report Details
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State
Closed
Substate
Resolved
Submitted
Weakness
Insufficiently Protected Credentials