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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2005-2420 json

flsearch.pl in FtpLocate 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an HTTP GET request.

published 2005-08-03 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2421

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

flsearch.pl in FtpLocate 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an HTTP GET request.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1120)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1120 FtpLocate 2.02 - 'current' Remote Command Execution webapps, 2005-07-25

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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