CVE-2005-0256
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.
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
- WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 842dos, linuxpublished 25 Feb 2005Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 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)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% 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
14
- DSA-705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1762 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1271 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0588 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 57795 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 14411 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1265 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- HPSBUX02110 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 101699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 19561 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050225 WU-FTPD File Globbing Denial of Service Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1333 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2005-0257 (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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