CVE-2004-2081

Exp

The samiftp.dll library in Sami FTP Server 1.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (pmsystem.exe crash) by issuing (1) a CD command with a tilde (~) character or dot dot (/../) or (2) a GET command for an unavailable file.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2081 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.14%, 91th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.35% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2004-2081

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23692 exploit_db edb 2004-02-13 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2081

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 2.79% 5.14% +2.35%
2 2025-07-06 3.10% 2.79% -0.31%
3 2025-06-17 — 3.10% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2081

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-2004-2081

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2081

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
karjasoft sami_ftp_server 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:karjasoft:sami_ftp_server:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2081

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