CVE-2006-2225

Exp

Buffer overflow in XM Easy Personal FTP Server 4.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, probably via a USER command with a long username.

Published: 2006-05-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2225 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.03%, 92th 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-2006-2225

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1748 exploit_db edb 2006-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2225

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 14.49% 6.03% -8.45%
2 2025-03-30 12.79% 14.49% +1.69%
3 2025-03-29 12.79%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2225

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-2225

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2225

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dxmsoft xm_easy_personal_ftp_server <= 4.3 cpe:2.3:a:dxmsoft:xm_easy_personal_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2225

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