MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2171

Warftpd vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in WDM.exe in WarFTPD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified arguments, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.
Affected vendor
Jgaa
Affected product
Warftpd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published
2006-05-04

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.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2171

  • Confirm whether Jgaa Warftpd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2171.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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