Description
WFTPD and WFTPD Pro 2.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by using the RESTART (REST) command and writing beyond the end of a file, or writing to a file that does not exist, via commands such as STORE UNIQUE (STOU), STORE (STOR), or APPEND (APPE).
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- WFTPD 2.4.1RC11 - 'REST' Malformed File Write Denial of Service EDB-20101 · dos · Jul 21, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20000721 WFTPD/WFTPD Pro 2.41 RC11 vulnerabilities. mailing-list
- 1506 vdb-entry