CVE-2018-7573 EXPLOIT
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 69.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 69.2% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-03-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ftpshell | ftpshell client |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FTPShell Client 6.70 (Enterprise Edition) - Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) | 2018-07-02 |
| exploit-db | FTPShell Client 6.7 - Buffer Overflow | 2018-05-08 |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD