HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0963

Lftp vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
13.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflows in (1) try_netscape_proxy and (2) try_squid_eplf for lftp 2.6.9 and earlier allow remote HTTP servers to execute arbitrary code via long directory names that are processed by the ls or rels commands.
Affected vendor
Alexander V. Lukyanov
Affected product
Lftp
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2004-01-05

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 13.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0963

  • Confirm whether Alexander V. Lukyanov Lftp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0963.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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