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CVE-2005-2420

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

flsearch.pl in FtpLocate 2.02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in an HTTP GET request.

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112230697123357&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16218
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014570
• http://www.osvdb.org/18305
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14367
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21540
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112230697123357&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16218
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014570
• http://www.osvdb.org/18305
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14367
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21540

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