CVE-2011-5012
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Reflection FTP Client (rftpcom.dll 7.2.0.106 and possibly other versions), as used in Attachmate Reflection 2008, Reflection 2011 R1 before 15.3.2.569 and R1 SP1 before, Reflection 2011 R2 before 15.4.1.327, Reflection Windows Client 7.2 SP1 before hotfix 7.2.1186, and Reflection 14.1 SP1 before 14.1.1.206, allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in a response to a LIST command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-4917)
- Published
- December 25, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-4917 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- attachmate / reflection
- attachmate / reflection
- attachmate / reflection 2008
- attachmate / reflection 2008r1
- attachmate / reflection 2008r2
- attachmate / reflection 2011r1
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46879(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/1708.html
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2288.html
- http://support.attachmate.com/techdocs/2502.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18119(Exploit)
- http://www.osvdb.org/77189
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29&Itemid=29
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026340
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71330
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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