CVE-2006-6183
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in 3Com 3CTftpSvc 2.0.1, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 70.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 6Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in 3Com 3CTftpSvc 2.0.1, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long mode field (aka transporting mode) in a (1) GET or (2) PUT 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 5 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits6
Metasploit modules1 module
- 3CTftpSvc TFTP Long Mode Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/tftp/threectftpsvc_long_modeRank greatdisclosed 27 Nov 2006
Exploit-DB5 entries
- 3Com TFTP Service (3CTftpSvc) - 'Mode' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16347remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- 3Com TFTP Service (3CTftpSvc) 2.0.1 - Long Transporting Mode (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3388remote, windowspublished 28 Feb 2007Verified
- 3Com TFTP Service (3CTftpSvc) 2.0.1 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 3170remote, windowspublished 21 Jan 2007Verified
- 3Com TFTP Service (3CTftpSvc) 2.0.1 - 'Long Transporting Mode' Remote Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2865remote, windowspublished 30 Nov 2006Verified
- 3Com TFTP Service (3CTftpSvc) 2.0.1 - 'Long Transporting Mode' Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2855dos, windowspublished 27 Nov 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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.4% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- ADV-2006-4738 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 21301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3ctftpsvc-transporting-mode-bo(30545) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1930 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 23113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061126 TFTP Server 3CTftpSvc Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Long transporting mode) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-6166 (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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