CVE-2006-2242

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Published May 9, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

acFTP 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string with "{" (brace) characters to the USER command.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:acftp:acftp:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.8% (3.826% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19978
http://www.osvdb.org/25278
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17855
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1674
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26258
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1749

History

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Subscriptions

Acftp Acftp

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:43 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 9, 2006, 10:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:43 PM
Reserved: May 8, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 9, 2006, 10:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:24 PM

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