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CVE-2004-0185

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2004-03-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a long name.

Affected products

• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.6.2

References

• http://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-457
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-096.html
• http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8893
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13518
• http://unixpunx.org/txt/exploits_archive/packetstorm/0310-advisories/wuftpd-skey.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-457
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-096.html
• http://www.securiteam.com/unixfocus/6X00Q1P8KC.html

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