CVE-2004-1643
WS_FTP 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a CD command that contains an invalid…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
WS_FTP 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a CD command that contains an invalid path with a "../" sequence.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.0.x - CD Command Malformed File Path Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24416dos, windowspublished 30 Aug 2004Verified
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Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- 12406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 11065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- wsftp-file-parsing-dos(17155) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20040829 [vulnwatch] WS_FTP Server Denial of Service Vulnerability (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-2004-1637 (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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