CVE-2009-4108
XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) by uploading or creating a large number of files or directories, then performing a LIST command.
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) by uploading or creating a large number of files or directories, then performing a LIST command.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 13 November 2009
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- dxm2008/xm easy personal ftp server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.4% 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 (2)
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/37473Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37112Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37473Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/508049/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37112Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54400
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.