CVE-2008-7265

Proftpd vulnerability

CVSS

4.0

EPSS

3.2%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

The pr_data_xfer function in ProFTPD before 1.3.2rc3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an ABOR command during a data transfer.

Affected vendor

Proftpd

Affected product

Proftpd

CVSS vector

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

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-399

Published

2010-11-09

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 partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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