CVE-2004-1642

Exp

WFTPD Pro Server 3.21 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a series of long MLIST commands.

Published: 2004-08-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-1642 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.02%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-1642

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
427 exploit_db edb 2004-08-31 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1642

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 2025-03-21 4.91% 6.02% +1.11%
2 2025-03-17 3.76% 4.91% +1.15%
3 2024-08-28 3.76%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1642

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-2004-1642

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1642

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
texas_imperial_software wftpd 3.21 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd:3.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
texas_imperial_software wftpd 3.21_r1 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd:3.21_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
texas_imperial_software wftpd 3.21_r2 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd:3.21_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
texas_imperial_software wftpd 3.21_r3 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd:3.21_r3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1642

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