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CVE-2018-7573
An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220…
Critical9.8EPSS 69.2%
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- mitre
Description
An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 69.2% · top 0.6% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (3)
- 44968 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018030011 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 44596 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
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