CVE-2011-5166

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-5166
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-15 17:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in KnFTP 1.0.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to the (1) USER, (2) PASS, (3) REIN, (4) QUIT, (5) PORT, (6) PASV, (7) TYPE, (8) STRU, (9) MODE, (10) RETR, (11) STOR, (12) APPE, (13) ALLO, (14) REST, (15) RNFR, (16) RNTO, (17) ABOR, (18) DELE, (19) CWD, (20) LIST, (21) NLST, (22) SITE, (23) STST, (24) HELP, (25) NOOP, (26) MKD, (27) RMD, (28) PWD, (29) CDUP, (30) STOU, (31) SNMT, (32) SYST, and (33) XPWD commands.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elif Keir Knftp 1.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
KnFTP 1.0.0 Server Multiple Buffer Overflow Exploit (DoS PoC) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-09/0015.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
www.osvdb.org/75147 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
KnFTP 1.0 Buffer Overflow Exploit - DEP Bypass af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
KnFTP FTP Command Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
KnFTP Server Buffer Overflow Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
KnFTP 1.0.0 Server - Remote Buffer Overflow Exploit, 'USER' command af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
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