CVE-2006-0357

Exp

Grant Averett Cerberus FTP Server 2.32, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause an unspecified denial of service via a long string that does not contain a valid FTP command.

Published: 2006-01-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0357 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.06%). Core evidence: 2 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-2006-0357

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1422 exploit_db edb 2006-01-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0357

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 4.89% 3.06% -1.83%
2 2026-02-21 3.98% 4.89% +0.91%
3 2025-03-17 3.98%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0357

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-2006-0357

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0357

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
grant_averett cerberus_ftp_server 2.32 cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:cerberus_ftp_server:2.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0357

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