CVE-2005-0256 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.21% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| washington university | wu-ftpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service | 2005-02-25 |
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19561
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101699-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57795-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-705
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=207&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.osvdb.org/14203
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0588
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1271
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1265
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1333
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1762
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.63/SCOSA-2005.63.txt
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00637342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14411
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18210
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19561
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