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CVE-2001-0318
Format string vulnerability in ProFTPD 1.2.0rc2 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by shutting down the FTP server while…
High7.5EPSS 11.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in ProFTPD 1.2.0rc2 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands by shutting down the FTP server while using a malformed working directory (cwd).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 33 days later
· 33 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.1% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- MDKSA-2001:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CLA-2001:380 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- proftpd-format-string(6433) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20010110 proftpd 1.2.0rc2 -- example of bad coding (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010206 Response to ProFTPD issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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