HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2004-0346

Proftpd vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Off-by-one buffer overflow in _xlate_ascii_write() in ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2p allows local users to gain privileges via a 1024 byte RETR command.
Affected vendor
Proftpd
Affected product
Proftpd
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2004-11-23

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2004-0346

  • Confirm whether Proftpd Proftpd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2004-0346.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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