CVE-2010-2620

Exp

Open&Compact FTP Server (Open-FTPD) 1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending (1) LIST, (2) RETR, (3) STOR, or other commands without performing the required login steps first.

Published: 2010-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-2620 is rated High Exploit Risk (91.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 55.67%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +11.39% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2010-2620

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27556 exploit_db edb 2013-08-13 Exploit-DB ↗
27401 exploit_db edb 2013-08-07 Exploit-DB ↗
13932 exploit_db edb 2010-06-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2620

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 2025-03-17 44.28% 55.67% +11.39%
2 2025-02-09 43.43% 44.28% +0.84%
3 2024-12-30 43.43%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2620

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-2010-2620

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2620

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
open-ftpd open-ftpd <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:open-ftpd:open-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
open-ftpd open-ftpd 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:open-ftpd:open-ftpd:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2620

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