CVE-2010-3187
Buffer overflow in ftpd in IBM AIX 5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NLST command.
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 19.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in ftpd in IBM AIX 5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NLST command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB2 entries
- IBM AIX 5l - 'FTPd' Remote DES Hash (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14456remote, aixpublished 24 Jul 2010Verified
- AIX5l with FTP-Server - Hash Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14409remote, aixpublished 18 Jul 2010Verified
References tagged exploit2 references
- 14456 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 14409 (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
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Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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)
- 19.5% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (10 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
14
- 1024368 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- IZ83276 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11697 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14456 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 14409 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 66576 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- IZ83274 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ83252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ83275 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 20100723 Advanced AIX 5l FTPd Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20100723 Advanced AIX 5l FTPd Exploit V2.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100718 --== ~ AIX5l w/ FTP-SERVER REMOTE ROOT HASH DISCLOSURE EXPLOIT ~ =-- (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 20100722 Re: --== ~ AIX5l w/ FTP-SERVER REMOTE ROOT HASH DISCLOSURE EXPLOIT ~ =-- (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_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-2010-3187 (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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