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CVE-2009-5141 json

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) v…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2009-5096

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-9622)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9622 WarFTPd 1.82.00-RC12 - 'LIST' Format String Denial of Service dos, 2009-09-10
  • corelan.be https://www.corelan.be/index.php/forum/security-advisories-archive-2009/corelan-09001-warftpd-1-82-rc12-dos/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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