HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-3640

Ftgate vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
8.8%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in the IMAP Groupware Mail server of Floosietek FTGate (FTGate4) 4.1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments to various IMAP commands, as demonstrated with the EXAMINE command.
Affected vendor
Floosietek
Affected product
Ftgate
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2005-11-16

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 8.8% reflects a lower 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-2005-3640

  • Confirm whether Floosietek Ftgate is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3640.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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