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CVE-2004-1848
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and bypass file size restrictions via…
Medium5.0EPSS 8.1%
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- mitre
Description
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and bypass file size restrictions via a REST command with a large size argument, followed by a STOR of a smaller file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- 11206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 9953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20040323 How to crash a harddisk - the Ipswitch WS_FTP Server way (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- wsftp-rest-stor-dos(41831) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4542 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- wsftp-rest-dos(15560) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1009529 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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