CVE-2009-5141

Exp

Format string vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82 RC 12 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in a LIST command.

Published: 2014-04-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-5141 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.25%, 93th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-5141

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9622 exploit_db edb 2009-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5141

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 2026-03-12 9.99% 10.25% +0.26%
2 2025-11-15 10.66% 9.99% -0.67%
3 2025-03-30 — 10.66% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5141

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-5141

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5141

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jgaa warftpd 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:jgaa:warftpd:1.8.2:rc12:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5141

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