5.0med

CVE-2000-05741 exploit

FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the s…

Published 26 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
58.9%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

58.87% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-396 OpenBSD - 'ftp' Local Overflow · local · 2002-01-01

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/1425 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0121.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/1438 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0061.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0031.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • cert.org /advisories/CA-2000-13.html · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT, x_transferred

Sources

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