ProFTPD 1.2.9 treats the Allow and Deny directives for CIDR based ACL entries as if they were AllowAll, which could allow FTP clients to bypass intended access restrictions.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0432 is rated Moderate Risk (57.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.23%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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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 | 1.12% | 1.23% | +0.11% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 1.23% | 1.12% | -0.11% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 1.23% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| proftpd_project | proftpd | 1.2.9 | cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 0.5 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 0.7 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.1a | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.2 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gentoo | linux | 1.4 | cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trustix | secure_linux | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| trustix | secure_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:trustix:secure_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |