CVE-2004-2532

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

Serv-U FTP server before 5.1.0.0 has a default account and password for local administration, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by connecting to the server using the default administrator account, creating a new user, logging in as that new user, and then using the SITE EXEC command.

Affected products

SolarWinds Serv-U File Server: through 5.0.0.11; 3.0.0.16, 3.0.0.17, 3.1.0.0, 3.1.0.1, 3.1.0.3, 4.0.0.4 (+5)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0216.html
http://www.osvdb.org/8877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10886
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16925
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0216.html
http://www.osvdb.org/8877
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10886
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16925

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