CVE-2001-0247: Buffer overflows in BSD-based FTP servers allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long pattern string containing a {}…
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Plan (action score 46/100)
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 19.3% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 97.3% of all records.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Jun 18, 2001
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 19.3% · 97th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
46
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- CVSS
- 40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 6 / 30 · 19.3%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| mit | kerberos 5 | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5 |
| sgi | irix | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix |
| freebsd | freebsd | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd |
| netbsd | netbsd | cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd |
| openbsd | openbsd | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd |
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
+12 more rows
- 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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- CVE-2002-1235The kadm_ser_in function in (1) the Kerberos v4compatibility administration daemon (kadmind4) in the MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) krb5-1.2.6 and…45Plan
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2000-0514Jun 14, 2000 · GSSFTP FTP daemon in Kerberos 5 1.1.x does not properly restrict access to some FTP commands, which allows remote attackers to cause a…41Plan
- ← EarlierCVE-2001-1323May 16, 2001 · Buffer overflow in MIT Kerberos 5 (krb5) 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute…31Monitor
- Later →CVE-2002-0036Feb 19, 2003 · Integer signedness error in MIT Kerberos V5 ASN.1 decoder before krb5 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a…21Monitor
Remediation
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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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| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2001-04-14 |
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2001-04-16 |
| Exploit-DB entry | remote | 2001-04-16 |
Research context
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Timeline
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- First PoC-65 d
- Published
- TodayNov 14, 2026+9280 d
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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)
—
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log (0)
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References
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