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CVE-2008-0590

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 22.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server with SSH 6.1.0.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long opendir command.

Affected products

• Progress Software Corporation WS_FTP Server: 6.1.0.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28753
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3609
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487441/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27573
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0400/references
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5044
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28753
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3609
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487441/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27573
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0400/references
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5044

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