CVE-2006-2226
Buffer overflow in XM Easy Personal FTP Server 4.2 and 5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a long argument to the PORT command.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 3.6%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Buffer overflow in XM Easy Personal FTP Server 4.2 and 5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a long argument to the PORT command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.58% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 March 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- dxmsoft/xm easy personal ftp server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19970
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0606-exploits/xmepftp.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18711
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1552
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19970
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0606-exploits/xmepftp.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18711
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1552
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.