CVE-2006-2961
Stack-based buffer overflow in CesarFTP 0.99g and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 61.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in CesarFTP 0.99g and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long MKD command. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained from third party information.
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 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Cesar FTP 0.99g MKD Command Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/cesarftp_mkdRank averagedisclosed 12 Jun 2006
Exploit-DB3 entries
- CesarFTP 0.99g - XCWD Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 39274dos, windowspublished 19 Jan 2016Verified
- CesarFTP 0.99g - 'MKD' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16713remote, windowspublished 23 Feb 2011Verified
- CesarFTP 0.99g - 'MKD' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1906remote, windowspublished 12 Jun 2006Verified
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
- 18 years later
· 18 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)
- 61.7% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (11 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
References5
- cesarftp-mkd-bo(27071) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18586 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20574 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2287 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-2958 (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-2006-2961)Record last updated .