THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-5764
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-5764

Rumba Ftp vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
7.8%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
Micro Focus Rumba FTP 4.X client buffer overflow makes it possible to corrupt the stack and allow arbitrary code execution. Fixed in: Rumba FTP 4.5 (HF 14668). This can only occur if a client connects to a malicious server.
Affected vendor
Microfocus
Affected product
Rumba Ftp
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2016-10-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-5764

  • Confirm whether Microfocus Rumba Ftp is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-5764.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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