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CVE-2017-6465

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 50.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-03-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Remote Code Execution was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.53. By default, the client sends a PWD command to the FTP server it is connecting to; however, it doesn't check the response's length, leading to a buffer overflow situation.

Affected products

• Ftpshell Client: 6.53

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141456/FTPShell-Client-6.53-Buffer-Overflow.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96570
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41511/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/141456/FTPShell-Client-6.53-Buffer-Overflow.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96570
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41511/

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