XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.2.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a long argument to the NLST command, possibly involving the -al flags.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5728 is rated Exploit Available (54.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.28%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2715 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-11-04 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 6.62% | 2.28% | -4.34% |
| 2 | 2026-04-29 | 4.99% | 6.62% | +1.63% |
| 3 | 2026-04-26 | — | 4.99% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5728: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5728 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| dxmsoft | xm_easy_personal_ftp_server | <= 5.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:dxmsoft:xm_easy_personal_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dxmsoft | xm_easy_personal_ftp_server | 4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:dxmsoft:xm_easy_personal_ftp_server:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dxmsoft | xm_easy_personal_ftp_server | 4.3 | cpe:2.3:a:dxmsoft:xm_easy_personal_ftp_server:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22717 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4365 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30041 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2715 |