CVE-2009-3484

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 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: 2009-09-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Core FTP 2.1 build 1612 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in an FTP server entry in a site backup file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Coreftp Core FTP: 2.1

References

http://osvdb.org/58385
http://secunia.com/advisories/36872
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/coreftp_local.py.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53488
http://osvdb.org/58385
http://secunia.com/advisories/36872
http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/coreftp_local.py.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53488

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