CVE-2004-0298

Exp

CesarFTP 0.99e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long RETR parameter.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0298 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.72%). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-0298

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23700 exploit_db edb 2004-02-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0298

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 2025-03-30 4.80% 4.72% -0.08%
2 2025-03-29 4.72% 4.80% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 4.72%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0298

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-2004-0298

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0298

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
aclogic cesarftp 0.99e cpe:2.3:a:aclogic:cesarftp:0.99e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0298

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