THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-0484
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-0484

Gproftpd vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
10.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Format string vulnerability in gprostats for GProFTPD before 8.1.9 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an FTP transfer with a crafted filename that causes format string specifiers to be inserted into the ProFTPD transfer log.
Affected vendor
Gproftpd
Affected product
Gproftpd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-03-30

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 10.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0484

  • Confirm whether Gproftpd Gproftpd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0484.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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