CVE-2006-5789
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.0EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5773)
- Published
- November 7, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5773 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- jgaa / warftpd
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22755(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1832
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017174
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450804/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20944(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4398(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30077
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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