CVE-2006-4847
Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via…
- 6.5MediumCVSS base score
- 85.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long (1) XCRC, (2) XSHA1, or (3) XMD5 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.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 XMD5 Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/wsftp_server_505_xmd5Rank averagedisclosed 14 Sept 2006
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 - XMD5 Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16717remote, windowspublished 30 Apr 2010Verified
- Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 - XMD5 Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3335remote, windowspublished 19 Feb 2007Verified
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 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 85.5% · top 0.3% of all CVEs (10 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
6
- 21932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://ipswitch.com/support/ws_ftp-server/releases/wr505hf1.asp (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- wsftp-xcrc-xsha1-xmd5-bo(28983) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-4834 (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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