CVE-2008-6186

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in RaidenFTPD 2.4 build 3620 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long (1) CWD and (2) MLST commands.

Published: 2009-02-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2008-6186 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 30.60%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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-2008-6186

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6742 exploit_db edb 2008-10-13 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6186

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 2026-04-11 34.20% 30.60% -3.60%
2 2025-12-16 10.77% 34.20% +23.43%
3 2025-09-07 10.77%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6186

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-6186

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6186

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
raidenftpd raidenftpd 2.4 cpe:2.3:a:raidenftpd:raidenftpd:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6186

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