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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2006-4847 json

Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via lon…

published 2006-09-19 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4834

cvss
6.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
85.5%
EPSS 85.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
3
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 5.05 before Hotfix 1 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via long (1) XCRC, (2) XSHA1, or (3) XMD5 commands.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/ftp/wsftp_server_505_xmd5)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

85.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.