CVE-2013-4730
Buffer overflow in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a USER command.
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 66.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 12Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a USER command.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 10 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits13
Metasploit modules2 modules
- PCMAN FTP Server Buffer Overflow - PUT Command (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/pcman_putRank normaldisclosed 7 Aug 2015
- PCMAN FTP Server Post-Authentication STOR Command Stack Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/ftp/pcman_storRank normaldisclosed 27 Jun 2013
Exploit-DB10 entries
- PCMan FTP Server 2.0.7 - 'RENAME' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38013remote, windowspublished 29 Aug 2015Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.0.7 - 'MKD' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 36078remote, windowspublished 14 Feb 2015Not verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31789remote, windowspublished 20 Feb 2014Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - 'ABOR' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31254remote, windowspublished 29 Jan 2014Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - 'CWD' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31255remote, windowspublished 29 Jan 2014Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - 'STOR' Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28328remote, windowspublished 17 Sept 2013Not verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - 'STOR' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27703remote, windowspublished 19 Aug 2013Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.07 - 'PASS' Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27277remote, windowspublished 2 Aug 2013Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.0.7 - Remote (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27007remote, windowspublished 22 Jul 2013Verified
- PCMan FTP Server 2.0 - Remote Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 26495remote, windowspublished 30 Jun 2013Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 26471 (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
By mitre
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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)
- 66.7% · top 0.7% 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
References4
- 60837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 94624 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26471 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://infosec42.blogspot.com/2013/06/unauthenticated-pcman-ftp-207-buffer.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2013-4580 (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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