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CVE-2009-4775
Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 12 before 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
Medium4.3EPSS 5.6%
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- mitre
Description
Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 12 before 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in the status code portion of an HTTP response.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.1% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP%20122/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_com_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftp122releasenotesenglish#link23 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- wsftp-http-format-string(53098) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/nocoolnameforawsftppoc.pl.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 9607 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 36297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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