CVE-2001-0247 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 19.3% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat, and (4) the glob0 buffer as used in the glob functions glob2 and glob3.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 19.32% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2001-06-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
| mit | kerberos 5 |
| netbsd | netbsd |
| openbsd | openbsd |
| sgi | irix |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 4.2-stable - FTPd 'glob()' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2001-04-16 |
| exploit-db | OpenBSD 2.x < 2.8 FTPd - 'glob()' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2001-04-16 |
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 2.2-4.2 / NetBSD 1.2-4.5 / OpenBSD 2.x - FTPd 'glob()' Remote Buffer Overflow | 2001-04-14 |
References
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332
- ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-018.txt.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010802-01-P
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0466.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-07.html
- http://www.nai.com/research/covert/advisories/048.asp
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2548
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6332
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