CVE-2004-0287 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.33% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-11-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| xlight ftp server | xlight ftp server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Xlight FTP Server 1.52 - Remote Send File Request Denial of Service | 2004-02-16 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD