CVE-2004-2523

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2004-2523 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-2523 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting openftpd ftp server (openftpd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.4%, higher than 92.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openftpd ftp server openftpd	`= 0.29.4= 0.30= 0.30.1≤ 0.30.2`	No fix yet

Description

Format string vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message argument.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html · Patch
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/12174 · Patch
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
openftpd.org/openftpd
osvdb.org/8261
securityfocus.com/bid/10830 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16843

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