The mod_copy module in ProFTPD 1.3.5 allows remote attackers to read and write to arbitrary files via the site cpfr and site cpto commands.
CVE-2015-3306
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score elevated to 10.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-10-08), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 10.0 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). Confidence: HIGH.
Also known asEUVD-2015-3352 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low mission impact
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 10.0
- EG Score
- 10.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 100EG Risk 100/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity100% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 10.0 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation100% × 40%Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.Automatability100% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high. - EPSS PROB
- 99%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (10.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 10.0 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 10.0 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 99% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-31). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Act at medium mission impactAttend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Attend at low mission impact; Act at medium or high.
A fix is available. Apply it sooner than your standard update timelines at low mission impact and as soon as possible at medium or high.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 3 days & forensic triage if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
CISA required action“Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.”
Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2015/msg00154.html · https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/updates@lists.opensuse.org/message/WE6YZRG5UVXMGQ7IVDRYBPIWV4M6UUGM/ · https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk · https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk · https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3306
Published
May 18, 2015
Last Modified
October 9, 2026
Advisory Details (9)
Auto-updated Oct 30, 2026[SECURITY] [DSA 3263-1] proftpd-dfsg security update
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3263Packet Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162777/ProFTPd-1.3.5-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlPacket Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132218/ProFTPD-1.3.5-Mod_Copy-Command-Execution.htmlPacket Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131567/ProFTPd-CPFR-CPTO-Proof-Of-Concept.htmlPacket Storm
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131555/ProFTPd-1.3.5-Remote-Command-Execution.htmlProFTPd 1.3.5 - 'mod_copy' Remote Command Execution - Linux remote Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36803/ProFTPD 1.3.5 Mod_Copy Command Execution | Metasploit Module
http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/ftp/proftpd_modcopy_execVendor Advisories for CVE-2015-3306(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(6 across 6 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | — |
| — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | — |
| — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | — |
| — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | — |
| — |
Debian:7(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.4a-4+nmu1, 1.3.4a-5+deb7u1, 1.3.4a-5+deb7u2 |
| — |
Debian:8(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd-dfsg | 1.3.5-1.1 |
| — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 15× in last 7d / 88× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 99 of 4,473 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 1 repeat row among the latest 100 is merged into the row it repeats. The 4,374 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-02 06:25 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 14:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-31 13:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-30 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-29 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-29 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-28 12:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-28 12:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-27 12:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-27 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-26 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-25 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-25 11:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-24 11:35 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-23 11:15 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 11:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-22 10:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
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- 2026-10-21 10:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-21 10:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-20 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-20 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-19 09:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-19 09:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-18 09:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-18 09:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-17 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-17 09:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 09:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-16 08:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-16 08:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-15 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-15 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-14 08:01 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 08:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-13 07:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-12 20:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-12 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-12 03:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 23:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 19:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 19:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 11:37 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 11:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-11 03:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 19:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 99% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-10 16:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 08:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 04:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-10 00:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 20:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 20:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 20:01 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 98% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-09 16:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 16:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 04:25 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 04:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-09 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-09 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-08 23:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-08 20:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-08 20:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 10.0
- 2026-10-08 18:24 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.00
- 2026-10-08 18:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-10-08 17:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 10 · severity → CRITICAL
- 2026-10-08 17:48 UTCEG score recompute▼ 1.00
- 2026-10-08 17:47 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-10-08 17:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-4mfj-5wr8-x32q · GitHub severity HIGH
- 2026-10-08 17:35 UTCCISA KEV update
- 2026-10-07 23:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-05 04:13 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-09-30 09:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-27 13:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-09-19 15:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-09-15 12:24 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-09-11 09:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-09-06 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-09-05 15:23 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-09-04 13:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-08-30 19:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
- 2026-08-27 11:53 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-26 14:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 97% · 99th percentile
Publicly available exploits
(8 references)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 4 Exploit-DB entries, 2 GitHub PoCs), as is 1 Nuclei detection template. A detection template checks whether a system is affected; it is not necessarily exploit code. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-49908✓ verifiedPublished May 26, 2021
ProFTPd 1.3.5 - 'mod_copy' Remote Command Execution (2)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-37262✓ verifiedPublished Jun 10, 2015
ProFTPd 1.3.5 - 'mod_copy' Command Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/unix/ftp/proftpd_modcopy_exec✓ verifiedPublished Jun 9, 2015
ProFTPD 1.3.5 Mod_Copy Command Execution
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36742✓ verifiedPublished Apr 13, 2015
ProFTPd 1.3.5 - File Copy
Open source ↗ - Nucleinetwork/cves/2015/CVE-2015-3306.yamlPublished Mar 11, 2021
ProFTPd - Remote Code Execution
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCt0kx/exploit-CVE-2015-3306Published Jan 8, 2017
ProFTPd 1.3.5 - (mod_copy) Remote Command Execution exploit and vulnerable container
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCnootropics/propanePublished Apr 26, 2015
Exploits the arbitrary file write bug in proftpd (CVE-2015-3306) attempts code execution
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-36803Published Apr 21, 2015
ProFTPd 1.3.5 - 'mod_copy' Remote Command Execution
Open source ↗
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