01 Record
CVE-2003-0831
ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 58.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-09-25 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-09-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 47789de1f22359d7a766eb22cea54b6920ddc110257bcb3065a620f0711249d4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20031013 Remote root exploit for proftpd \n bughttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2
- xforce.iss.net20030923 ProFTPD ASCII File Remote Compromise Vulnerabilityhttp://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#405348http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comproftpd-ascii-xfer-newline-bo(12200)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200
- www.exploit-db.com107https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/
- lists.grok.org.uk20031014 Another ProFTPd root EXPLOIT ?http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html
- secunia.com9829http://secunia.com/advisories/9829
- marc.info20030924 [slackware-security] ProFTPD Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-02)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2003:095http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095