HIGH
ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files
Published Sep 25, 2003
9.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 58.36%
Description
ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.7_rc1
- 1.2.7_rc2
- 1.2.7_rc3
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.8_rc1
- 1.2.8_rc2
- 1.2.9_rc1
- 1.2.9_rc2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
58.36% 0.58355
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.58355
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 58.36% (0.58355) | 99.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 58.36% (0.58355) | 99.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 55.12% (0.55119) | 98.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 17, 2026 | 40.88% (0.40878) | 97.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 30, 2025 | 39.73% (0.39729) | 97.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 36.96% (0.36958) | 96.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 33.02% (0.33016) | 95.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 36.96% (0.36958) | 96.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 42.16% (0.42160) | 97.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 18.84% (0.18839) | 96.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 13.41% (0.13415) | 95.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 13.38% (0.13375) | 94.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 32.17% (0.32173) | 97.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 32.17% (0.32173) | 96.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9829 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISS
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/9829 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE | |
| http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISS | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 25, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Sep 24, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0831
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a