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CVE-2009-4775

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 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: 2010-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 12 before 12.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via format string specifiers in the status code portion of an HTTP response.

Affected products

• Ipswitch Ws Ftp: 12.0, 12.0.1

References

• http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP%20122/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_com_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftp122releasenotesenglish#link23
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9607
• http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/nocoolnameforawsftppoc.pl.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36297
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53098
• http://docs.ipswitch.com/WS_FTP%20122/ReleaseNotes/English/index.htm?k_id=ipswitch_com_ftp_documents_worldwide_ws_ftp122releasenotesenglish#link23
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9607
• http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/nocoolnameforawsftppoc.pl.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36297
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53098

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