CVE-2001-0702

Exp

Cerberus FTP 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a long (1) username, (2) password, or (3) PASV command.

Published: 2001-09-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0702 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.77%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 3 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-2001-0702

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20946 exploit_db edb 2001-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0702

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 2026-06-15 9.14% 9.77% +0.64%
2 2025-03-30 17.45% 9.14% -8.32%
3 2025-03-29 17.45%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0702

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0702

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0702

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grant_averett ceberus_ftp_server 1.22 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:ceberus_ftp_server:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0702

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