CVE-2008-0590

Ws Ftp Server vulnerability

CVSS

9.0

EPSS

22.2%

EPSS pct

97th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server with SSH 6.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long opendir command.

Affected vendor

Progress

Affected product

Ws Ftp Server

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds

Published

2008-02-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 22.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Progress Ws Ftp Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-0590.
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