CVE-2012-5905
What it is
Buffer overflow in KnFTPd 1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long string in a FEAT command.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a login. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 2.9% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 4.0 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 2.9% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-119 · Buffer errors
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Elif Keir Knftpd 1.0.0
Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 4.0
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
Raw vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Is it in your code?
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References
- http://osvdb.org/80666
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111296/KnFTPd-1.0.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18671
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74441
- http://osvdb.org/80666
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/111296/KnFTPd-1.0.0-Denial-Of-Service.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18671
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74441