CVE-2010-4228
Stack-based buffer overflow in NWFTPD.NLM before 5.10.02 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare allows remote authenticated users to execute…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 14.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in NWFTPD.NLM before 5.10.02 in the FTP server in Novell NetWare allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend) via a long DELE command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0625.4.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Novell Netware - NWFTPD.NLM DELE Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 17020dos, netwarepublished 21 Mar 2011Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 14.7% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=25 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 43824 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 8149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641249 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 46922 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- netware-dele-bo(66170) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-106/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3238588 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2010-4202 (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-2010-4228)Record last updated .