THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2004-0185
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0185

Wu Ftpd vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
7.4%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a long name.
Affected vendor
Washington University
Affected product
Wu Ftpd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2004-03-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-0185

  • Confirm whether Washington University Wu Ftpd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-0185.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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