CVE-2008-4136
Michael Roth Software Personal FTP Server (PFT) 6.0f allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via multiple RETR commands, possibly involving long filenames.
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 3.2%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Michael Roth Software Personal FTP Server (PFT) 6.0f allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via multiple RETR commands, possibly involving long filenames.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.22% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 14 September 2008
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- michael roth software/pftp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.2% 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/31852
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/pftp.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31173Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020897
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45129
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6458
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31852
- http://shinnok.evonet.ro/vulns_html/pftp.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31173Exploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020897
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45129
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6458
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.