CVE-2007-6473

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in Texas Imperial Software WFTPD Pro Explorer 1.0 allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long reply to a LIST command.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-6473 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.10%). 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-2007-6473

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4742 exploit_db edb 2007-12-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6473

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 2025-11-21 5.23% 4.10% -1.13%
2 2025-10-08 5.48% 5.23% -0.24%
3 2025-03-30 5.48%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6473

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6473

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6473

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
texas_imperial_software wftpd_pro_explorer 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:texas_imperial_software:wftpd_pro_explorer:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6473

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