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CVE-2001-0247· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} se

Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {} sequence, as seen in (1) g_opendir, (2) g_lstat, (3) g_stat, and (4) the glob0 buffer as used in the glob functions glob2 and glob3.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
Jun 18, 2001
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
19.3% · 97th percentile
CWE
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Action score

46

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
6 / 30 · 19.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mitkerberos 5
sgiirix
freebsdfreebsd
netbsdnetbsd
openbsdopenbsd

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • freebsd freebsd2.2
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.2
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.3
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.4
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.5
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.6
  • freebsd freebsd2.2.8
  • freebsd freebsd3.0
  • freebsd freebsd3.1
  • freebsd freebsd3.2
  • freebsd freebsd3.3
  • freebsd freebsd3.4
  • freebsd freebsd3.5
  • freebsd freebsd3.5.1
  • freebsd freebsd4.0
  • freebsd freebsd4.1
  • freebsd freebsd4.1.1
  • freebsd freebsd4.2
  • mit kerberos 51.1.1
  • mit kerberos 51.2

Same product

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Remediation

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No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×3

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2001-04-14
Exploit-DB entryremote2001-04-16
Exploit-DB entryremote2001-04-16

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. First PoC-65 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+9235 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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