CVE-2024-5052
📋 TL;DR
CVE-2024-5052 is a Denial of Service vulnerability in Cerberus Enterprise 8.0.10.3 web administration interface. Attackers can crash the service by flooding the web server on port 10001 with incomplete HTTP requests, causing resource exhaustion. This affects organizations using the vulnerable version of Cerberus FTP Enterprise software.
💻 Affected Systems
- Cerberus FTP Enterprise
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete unavailability of Cerberus FTP Enterprise web administration interface, disrupting file transfer management and potentially affecting dependent business processes.
Likely Case
Temporary service disruption requiring manual restart of the Cerberus FTP service, causing operational downtime.
If Mitigated
Minimal impact with proper network segmentation and rate limiting in place.
🎯 Exploit Status
Simple resource exhaustion attack requiring only network access to port 10001. No authentication required.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 8.0.10.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://support.cerberusftp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360061865674-CVE-2024-5052-Security-Update
Restart Required: Yes
Instructions:
1. Download latest version from Cerberus FTP support portal. 2. Backup configuration. 3. Run installer. 4. Restart Cerberus FTP service.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Network Access Control
allRestrict access to port 10001 to trusted IP addresses only
# Windows Firewall: New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Cerberus Admin" -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 10001 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow -RemoteAddress TrustedIPs
Rate Limiting
linuxImplement network-level rate limiting for port 10001
# Linux iptables: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 10001 -m limit --limit 10/min --limit-burst 20 -j ACCEPT
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Implement strict network segmentation to isolate Cerberus administration interface
- Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) with DoS protection rules
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check Cerberus FTP version in web admin interface or installation directory. Version 8.0.10.3 is vulnerable.Check Version:
# Windows: wmic product where name="Cerberus FTP Server Enterprise" get version
# Linux: /opt/cerberus-ftp-server/bin/cerberus-ftp --versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify version is 8.0.10.4 or later and test web admin interface functionality.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- High volume of incomplete HTTP requests in Cerberus logs
- Service restart events
- Connection timeouts on port 10001
Network Indicators:
- Unusual traffic spikes to port 10001
- Multiple incomplete HTTP requests from single source
SIEM Query:
source="cerberus.log" AND ("incomplete request" OR "connection reset" OR "timeout") AND dest_port=10001