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CVE-2005-0779

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PlatinumFTP 1.0.18, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connection attempts with a \ (backslash) in the username.

Affected products

• Platinumftpserver: 1.0.18

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066232415249&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455609/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12790
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19674
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111066232415249&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455609/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12790
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19674

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