CVE-2004-2037

Exp

Buffer overflow in Mollensoft Lightweight FTP Server 3.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CWD command, as demonstrated in one example by using the "cd" command in an interactive FTP client.

Published: 2004-03-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2037 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.92%, 93th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2004-2037

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24142 exploit_db edb 2004-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2037

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 2026-06-15 22.71% 6.92% -15.79%
2 2025-03-30 15.88% 22.71% +6.83%
3 2025-03-29 — 15.88% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2037

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-2004-2037

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2037

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mollensoft_software lightweight_ftp_server 3.6 cpe:2.3:a:mollensoft_software:lightweight_ftp_server:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2037

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