CVE-2011-5164
Stack-based buffer overflow in VanDyke Software AbsoluteFTP 1.9.6 through 2.2.10 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file name in a LIST command response.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in VanDyke Software AbsoluteFTP 1.9.6 through 2.2.10 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file name in a LIST command response.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 28.58% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 November 2011
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- vandyke/absoluteftp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 28.6% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. 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/46781Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18102Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/77105
- http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/vandyke_absoluteftp_list_client_overflow
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46781Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18102Exploit
- http://www.osvdb.org/77105
- http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/vandyke_absoluteftp_list_client_overflow
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50614
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.