CVE-2006-5789 EXPLOIT
4.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 2.93% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-11-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| jgaa | warftpd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WarFTPd 1.82.00-RC11 - Remote Denial of Service | 2006-11-07 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22755
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1832
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017174
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450804/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4398
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30077
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22755
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1832
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017174
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450804/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20944
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4398
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30077
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