CVE-2011-4717

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Directory traversal vulnerability in zFTPServer Suite 6.0.0.52 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary directories via a crafted RMD (aka rmdir) command.

Published: 2011-12-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2011-4717 is rated High Exploit Risk (66/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.17%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.03% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-4717

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18235 exploit_db edb 2011-12-11 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-4717

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 1.14% 2.17% +1.03%
2 2026-04-08 1.42% 1.14% -0.29%
3 2026-01-24 1.42%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-4717

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-4717

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-4717

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zftpserver zftpserver_suite 6.0.0.52 cpe:2.3:a:zftpserver:zftpserver_suite:6.0.0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-4717

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