CVE-2003-1472

Exp

Buffer overflow in 3D-FTP client 4.0 allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long banner.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1472 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.54%, 91th 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-2003-1472

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22551 exploit_db edb 2003-04-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1472

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 2026-06-12 5.33% 5.54% +0.21%
2 2026-03-05 5.68% 5.33% -0.35%
3 2025-08-12 5.68%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1472

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-2003-1472

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1472

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
3d-ftp 3d-ftp 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:3d-ftp:3d-ftp:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1472

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