CVE-2001-1113

Exp

Buffer overflow in TrollFTPD 1.26 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code by creating a series of deeply nested directories with long names, then running the ls -R (recursive) command.

Published: 2001-08-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-1113 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.29%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.66% 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-2001-1113

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1113

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 1.63% 4.29% +2.66%
2 2025-09-29 1.45% 1.63% +0.18%
3 2025-03-30 1.45%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1113

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-2001-1113

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1113

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
trolltech trollftpd 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.22 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.23 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.24 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.25 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
trolltech trollftpd 1.26 cpe:2.3:a:trolltech:trollftpd:1.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1113

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