CVE-2005-3684

Freeftpd vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

13.7%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

Multiple buffer overflows in freeFTPd 1.0.8, without logging enabled, allow remote authenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via long (1) MKD and (2) DELE commands.

Affected vendor

Freeftpd

Affected product

Freeftpd

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2005-11-19

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.

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