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CVE-2003-0466

CVE information

Published

20 years ago

Last Modified

1 month ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

CVSSv3.1 Severity

Critical

Impact Analysis

Description

Off-by-one error in the fb_realpath() function, as derived from the realpath function in BSD, may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated in wu-ftpd 2.5.0 through 2.6.2 via commands that cause pathnames of length MAXPATHLEN+1 to trigger a buffer overflow, including (1) STOR, (2) RETR, (3) APPE, (4) DELE, (5) MKD, (6) RMD, (7) STOU, or (8) RNTO..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
10/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
Critical
Base Score
9.8/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:wuftpd:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
2.5.0 -
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:wu_ftpd:2.6.1-16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:*:*:*:sparc:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
4.0 -
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
1.5 -
cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
2.0 -