CVE-2003-1206

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Crob FTP Server 2.60.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via "%s" or "%n" sequences in (1) the username during login, or other FTP commands such as (2) dir.

Published: 2003-06-03 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1206 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.09%). 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-2003-1206

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1206

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 2025-03-17 1.66% 1.09% -0.57%
2 2024-04-25 1.95% 1.66% -0.29%
3 2023-03-07 1.95%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1206

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1206

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1206

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
crob crob_ftp_server 2.60.1 cpe:2.3:a:crob:crob_ftp_server:2.60.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1206

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