CVE-2005-2850

Exp

SlimFTPd 3.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain (1) USER and (2) PASS commands, possibly due to a buffer overflow or off-by-one error.

Published: 2005-09-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2850 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.41%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.75% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2850

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26219 exploit_db edb 2005-09-02 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2850

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 4.66% 7.41% +2.75%
2 2025-10-07 3.78% 4.66% +0.87%
3 2025-03-19 — 3.78% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2850

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-2005-2850

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2850

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
whitsoft_development slimftpd 3.17 cpe:2.3:a:whitsoft_development:slimftpd:3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2850

URL Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014831 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/?vulnerabilities/8 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.critical.lt/research/slimftpd_dos2.c Exploit Vendor Advisory
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