CVE-2005-2373

Exp

Buffer overflow in SlimFTPd 3.15 and 3.16 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name to (1) LIST, (2) DELE or (3) RNFR commands.

Published: 2005-07-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2373 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 37.41%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +9.41% 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-2005-2373

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16729 exploit_db edb 2010-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2373

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 28.00% 37.41% +9.41%
2 2025-03-29 37.41% 28.00% -9.41%
3 2025-03-19 37.41%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2373

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2373

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2373

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
whitsoft_development slimftpd 3.15 cpe:2.3:a:whitsoft_development:slimftpd:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
whitsoft_development slimftpd 3.16 cpe:2.3:a:whitsoft_development:slimftpd:3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2373

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