CVE-2004-2533 — Serv-U FTP Server 4.1 (possibly 4.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a SITE CHMOD command with a "\\...\" followed by a short string, causing partial memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2111

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Serv-U FTP Server 4.1 (possibly 4.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a SITE CHMOD command with a "\\...\" followed by a short string, causing partial memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2111

Published Oct 25, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 3.05%

Description

Serv-U FTP Server 4.1 (possibly 4.0) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a SITE CHMOD command with a "\\...\" followed by a short string, causing partial memory corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-2111.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

3.05% 0.03047

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.03047

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	3.05% (0.03047)	87.08th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	3.05% (0.03047)	85.78th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	5.45% (0.05452)	89.46th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.33% (0.01326)	86.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 7, 2024	1.56% (0.01562)	87.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.56% (0.01562)	85.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (5)

http://secunia.com/advisories/10706
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009086
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.osvdb.org/3713
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9675
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15251
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/10706		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009086		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.osvdb.org/3713		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9675		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15251		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 25, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 25, 2005

Link CVE-2004-2533

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2004-2533

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2004-2533