CVE-2006-4974

Exp

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch WS_FTP Limited Edition (LE) 5.08 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long response to a PASV command.

Published: 2006-09-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-4974 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.25%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.08% 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-2006-4974

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2401 exploit_db edb 2006-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4974

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 2026-04-09 3.18% 4.25% +1.08%
2 2025-08-29 2.85% 3.18% +0.33%
3 2025-07-06 — 2.85% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4974

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-2006-4974

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4974

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch ws_ftp_server 5.08_limited_edition cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:5.08_limited_edition:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4974

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