CVE-2003-0766

Ftp Desktop vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

6.9%

EPSS pct

93th

Exploited

No known

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in FTP Desktop client 3.5, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, (2) a long response to a USER command, or (3) a long response to a PASS command.

Affected vendor

Ftp Desktop

Affected product

Ftp Desktop

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2003-09-17

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

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