CVE-2001-0296

Exp

Buffer overflow in WFTPD Pro 3.00 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long CWD command.

Published: 2001-05-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0296 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.96%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.64% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0296

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20794 exploit_db edb 2001-04-22 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0296

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-02 4.32% 6.96% +2.64%
2 2025-03-30 4.17% 4.32% +0.14%
3 2025-03-29 4.17%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0296

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0296

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0296

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
texas_imperial_software wftpd_pro 3.00 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd_pro:3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0296

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