CVE-2006-4318
Buffer overflow in WFTPD Server 3.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long SIZE commands.
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 62.1%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 WFTPD Server 3.23 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long SIZE commands.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Texas Imperial Software WFTPD 3.23 SIZE Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/wftpd_sizeRank averagedisclosed 23 Aug 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Texas Imperial Software WFTPD 3.23 - SIZE Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16741remote, windowspublished 22 Jun 2010Verified
- Texas Imperial Software WFTPD 3.23 - 'SIZE' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2233remote, windowspublished 21 Aug 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2233 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 62.1% · 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: Medium 6.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0608-exploits/wftpd_exp.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3357 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- wftpd-size-bo(28523) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2233 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 1016723 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 19617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 28134 (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-2006-4306 (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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