CVE-2008-5753

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in BulletProof FTP Client 2.63 and 2010 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bookmark file entry with a long host name, which appears as a host parameter within the quick-connect bar.

Published: 2008-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-5753 is rated High Exploit Risk (80/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.47%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 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-2008-5753

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
37056 exploit_db edb 2015-05-18 Exploit-DB ↗
7571 exploit_db edb 2008-12-24 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5753

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 27.78% 7.47% -20.31%
2 2025-08-10 24.84% 27.78% +2.94%
3 2025-05-21 24.84%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5753

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-2008-5753

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5753

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bpftp bulletproof_ftp_client 2.63 cpe:2.3:a:bpftp:bulletproof_ftp_client:2.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5753

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