CVE-2006-2180

Exp

Buffer overflow in Golden FTP Server Pro 2.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) NLST or (2) APPE commands, as demonstrated by the Infigo FTPStress Fuzzer.

Published: 2006-05-04 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2180 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.02%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +8.02% 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-2006-2180

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1743 exploit_db edb 2006-05-03 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2180

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 12.00% 20.02% +8.02%
2 2025-03-29 20.02% 12.00% -8.02%
3 2025-03-17 20.02%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2180

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2180

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2180

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kmint21_software golden_ftp_server 1.32b cpe:2.3:a:kmint21_software:golden_ftp_server:1.32b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kmint21_software golden_ftp_server 2.70 cpe:2.3:a:kmint21_software:golden_ftp_server:2.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2180

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