CVE-2005-3589

Exp

Buffer overflow in FileZilla Server Terminal 0.9.4d may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (terminal crash) via a long USER ftp command.

Published: 2005-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3589 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 67.66%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-3589

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1336 exploit_db edb 2005-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3589

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 2025-08-14 68.58% 67.66% -0.91%
2 2025-03-30 72.19% 68.58% -3.61%
3 2025-03-29 72.19%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3589

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3589

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3589

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
filezilla filezilla_server_terminal 0.9.4d cpe:2.3:a:filezilla:filezilla_server_terminal:0.9.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3589

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