CVE-2011-5012

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Reflection FTP Client (rftpcom.dll 7.2.0.106 and possibly other versions), as used in Attachmate Reflection 2008, Reflection 2011 R1 before 15.3.2.569 and R1 SP1 before, Reflection 2011 R2 before 15.4.1.327, Reflection Windows Client 7.2 SP1 before hotfix 7.2.1186, and Reflection 14.1 SP1 before 14.1.1.206, allows remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a long directory name in a response to a LIST command.

Published: 2011-12-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5012 is rated High Exploit Risk (87/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 25.94%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2011-5012

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18119 exploit_db edb 2011-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5012

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 2026-04-13 27.67% 25.94% -1.73%
2 2026-03-26 49.32% 27.67% -21.65%
3 2026-01-29 — 49.32% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5012

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5012

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5012

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
attachmate reflection 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection:7.2:sp1:windows_client:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection 14.1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection:14.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_2008 — cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_2008r1 sp1 cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_2008r1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_2008r2 — cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_2008r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
attachmate reflection_2011r1 — cpe:2.3:a:attachmate:reflection_2011r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5012

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