{"id":"CVE-2004-1643","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2004-1643","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:38.323Z","title":"WS_FTP 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a CD command that contains an invalid path with a \"../\" sequence.","description":"WS_FTP 5.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a CD command that contains an invalid path with a \"../\" sequence.","published":"2004-08-29T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:08:08.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["progress/ws ftp server"],"epss":{"score":0.07502,"percentile":0.94447,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2004-08-30","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":24416,"kind":"exploit","title":"Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.0.x - CD Command Malformed File Path Remote Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24416","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/24416.txt","file":"exploits/windows/dos/24416.txt","published":"2004-08-30","added":"2004-08-30","updated":"2013-01-27","author":"lion","type":"dos","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2004-1643","OSVDB-9382"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11065/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.5%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109389890712888&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12406","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11065","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17155","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109389890712888&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/12406","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11065","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17155","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1643","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}