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FTP Anonymous Login

ID: ftp-anonymous-login

Severity: medium

Author: C3l3si4n,pussycat0x

Tags: network,ftp,default-login,tcp

Anonymous FTP access allows anyone to access your public_ftp folder, allowing unidentified visitors to download (and possibly upload) files on your website. Anonymous FTP creates the potential for a security hole for hackers and is not recommended.

id: ftp-anonymous-login
info:
name: FTP Anonymous Login
author: C3l3si4n,pussycat0x
severity: medium
description: |
Anonymous FTP access allows anyone to access your public_ftp folder, allowing unidentified visitors to download (and possibly upload) files on your website. Anonymous FTP creates the potential for a security hole for hackers and is not recommended.
reference:
- https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2577
metadata:
max-request: 1
tags: network,ftp,default-login,tcp
tcp:
- inputs:
- data: "USER anonymous\r\n"
read: 1024
- data: "PASS anonymous\r\n"
read: 1024
host:
- "{{Hostname}}"
port: 21
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: raw
words:
- "Anonymous access allowed,"
- "Logged in anonymously"
- "230 "
condition: or
- type: word
part: raw
words:
- "HTTP/1.1"
- "230."
- ".230"
- "User cannot log"
negative: true
condition: or
# digest: 4a0a0047304502201ba657ba99544537d34244a1056a9cc6b37d3601f495d67ef9bb4de4e15e3b9f02210098e64ef383ebea02dd4daeb54426da0a75ba9f667503182e029a486dfacfeee4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "network/default-login/ftp-anonymous-login.yaml"

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