CVE-2009-4775 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2010-04-21

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 18.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:12.0:-:home:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:12.0:-:pro:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:12.0.1:-:home:::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp:12.0.1:-:pro:::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.18044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP%20122/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_com_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftp122releasenotesenglish#link23
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9607
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/nocoolnameforawsftppoc.pl.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36297
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53098

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Ipswitch Ws Ftp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-04-21T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T07:17:25.307Z

Reserved: 2010-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4775

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-04-21T14:30:00.507

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-4775

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-134

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