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medium 5.0

CVE-2005-0277 json

Buffer overflow in the FTP service in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 revision 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash…

published 2005-02-10 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0278

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
61.9%
EPSS 61.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.1%
public exploits
4
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the FTP service in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 revision 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and execute arbitrary code via (1) a long username in the USER command or (2) an FTP command that contains a long argument, such as cd, send, or ls.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/ftp/3cdaemon_ftp_user)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

61.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/windows/ftp/3cdaemon_ftp_user 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 FTP Username Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2005-01-04
  • EDB-16730 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 FTP Server - 'Username' Remote Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-827 3Com 3CDaemon FTP - Unauthorized 'USER' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2005-02-18
  • EDB-825 3Com FTP Server 2.0 - Remote Overflow remote, 2005-02-17
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12155 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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