CVE-2004-0432

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.

Published: 2004-08-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0432

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0432

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0432

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0432

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0432

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