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CVE-2005-0256: washington_university wu-ftpd

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDSA-705-1
Published 25-02-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0256 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in washington_university wu-ftpd. EPSS estimates a 5.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 25-02-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters, as demonstrated using the dir command.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (idefense.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - File Globbing Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wu-ftpd< 2.6.2-3woody5
Washington_university1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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