CVE-2001-0687

Exp

Broker FTP server 5.9.5 for Windows NT and 9x allows a remote attacker to retrieve privileged web server system information by (1) issuing a CD command (CD C:) followed by the LS command, (2) specifying arbitrary paths in the UNC format (\\computername\sharename).

Published: 2001-09-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0687 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.81%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2001-0687

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0687

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 2025-03-30 0.90% 0.81% -0.09%
2 2025-03-29 0.81% 0.90% +0.09%
3 2025-03-17 0.81%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0687

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0687

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0687

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
transsoft broker_ftp_server <= 5.9.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transsoft broker_ftp_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transsoft broker_ftp_server 4.7.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:4.7.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transsoft broker_ftp_server 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
transsoft broker_ftp_server 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0687

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