Format string vulnerability in Dream FTP 1.02 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0277 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.07%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23660 | exploit_db | edb | 2004-02-07 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-07-13 | 7.23% | 8.07% | +0.83% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 8.40% | 7.23% | -1.17% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 8.40% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| bolintech | dream_ftp_server | 1.02 | cpe:2.3:a:bolintech:dream_ftp_server:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |