CVE-2003-0561
Multiple buffer overflows in IglooFTP PRO 3.8 allow remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, or long…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in IglooFTP PRO 3.8 allow remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long FTP banner, or long responses to the client commands (2) USER, (3) PASS, (4) ACCT, and possibly other commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- IglooFTP 0.6.1 - Banner Parsing Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22891remote, freebsdpublished 10 Jul 2003Verified
- IglooFTP PRO 3.8 - Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22871remote, windowspublished 7 Jul 2003Verified
- IglooFTP PRO 3.8 - Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22872remote, windowspublished 7 Jul 2003Verified
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 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)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
2
- 20030707 Multiple Buffer Overflows in IglooFTP PRO (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 20030707 Multiple Buffer Overflows in IglooFTP PRO (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0555 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-0561)Record last updated .