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CVE-2001-0053

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 17.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

One-byte buffer overflow in replydirname function in BSD-based ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• David Madore Ftpd-Bsd: 0.2.3
• Netbsd: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5
• OpenBSD: 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0275.html
• http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2124
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5776
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0275.html
• http://www.openbsd.org/advisories/ftpd_replydirname.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2124
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5776

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