CVE-2006-2242 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.7% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
acFTP 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string with "{" (brace) characters to the USER command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.74% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| acftp | acftp |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | acFTP FTP Server 1.4 - 'USER' Remote Denial of Service | 2006-05-06 |
| exploit-db | acFTP FTP Server 1.4 - 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) | 2006-05-04 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19978
- http://www.osvdb.org/25278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1674
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26258
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1749
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19978
- http://www.osvdb.org/25278
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17855
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1674
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26258
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1749
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