CVE-2005-1323
Buffer overflow in NetFtpd for NetTerm 5.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 63.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in NetFtpd for NetTerm 5.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long USER command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- NetTerm NetFTPD USER Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/netterm_netftpd_userRank greatdisclosed 26 Apr 2005
Exploit-DB2 entries
- NetTerm NetFTPD - 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16735remote, windowspublished 5 Oct 2010Verified
- NetFTPd 4.2.2 - User Authentication Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 955remote, windowspublished 26 Apr 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
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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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 63.1% · top 0.8% 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
7
- 15140 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050426 ADV: NetTerm's NetFtpd 4.2.2 Buffer Overflow + PoC Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13396 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0407 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- netterm-netftpd-user-bo(20285) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 15865 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.securenetterm.com/html/what_s_new.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2005-1326 (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-2005-1323)Record last updated .