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CVE-2004-1428 (GCVE-0-2004-1428)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-02-12 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:53
VLAI
Summary
ArGoSoft FTP before 1.4.2.1 generates an error message if the user name does not exist instead of prompting for a password, which allows remote attackers to determine valid usernames.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1012744 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/13063 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.lovebug.org/argosoft_advisory.txt x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12139 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.argosoft.com/ftpserver/changelist.aspx x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110451582011666&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/11335 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2004-12-31 00:00
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