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CVE-2003-0831

Published: Sep 25, 2003Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.0CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
55.1%
Top 1.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

n/an/a
proftpdproftpd project
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
proftpd projectoss-projectNetworking Infrastructureaka proftpd (professional ftp daemon), proftpd

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2
marc.info
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154
xforce.iss.net
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348
kb.cert.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2003
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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