CVE-2005-0779

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2005-0779 · Published 02/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-0779 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting platinumftpserver (platinumftp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 88.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
platinumftpserver platinumftp	`= 1.0.18`	No fix yet

Description

PlatinumFTP 1.0.18, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connection attempts with a \ (backslash) in the username.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/archive/1/455609/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/12790 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19674

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