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CVE-2004-0185
Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…
High10.0EPSS 7.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a long name.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.4% · top 5.5% 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 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 8893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- wuftpd-skey-bo(13518) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:096 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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