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CVE-2002-1522 json

Buffer overflow in PowerFTP FTP server 2.24, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly…

published 2003-03-18 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1505

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.6%
EPSS 13.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in PowerFTP FTP server 2.24, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long USER argument.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21909)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21909 Cooolsoft PowerFTP Server 2.x - Remote Denial of Service (3) dos, 2002-10-05
  • EDB-21908 Cooolsoft PowerFTP Server 2.x - Remote Denial of Service (2) dos, 2002-10-05
  • EDB-21907 Cooolsoft PowerFTP Server 2.x - Remote Denial of Service (1) dos, 2002-10-05
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0075.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5899 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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