CVE-2008-3734

Exp

Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Home 2007.0.0.2 and WS_FTP Professional 2007.1.0.0 allows remote FTP servers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a connection greeting (response).

Published: 2008-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-3734 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 69.43%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-3734

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6257 exploit_db edb 2008-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-3734

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 2025-11-27 69.33% 69.43% +0.11%
2 2025-10-10 67.69% 69.33% +1.63%
3 2025-08-20 — 67.69% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-3734

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-3734

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-3734

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ipswitch ws_ftp_home 2007.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_home:2007.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ipswitch ws_ftp_pro 2007.1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_pro:2007.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-3734

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