War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
War FTP Daemon (WarFTPd) 1.82.00-RC11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a large number of "%s" format strings in (1) CWD, (2) CDUP, (3) DELE, (4) NLST, (5) LIST, (6) SIZE, and possibly other commands. NOTE: it is possible that vector 1 is an off-by-one variant or incomplete fix of CVE-2005-0312.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-5789
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wqm6-9xxx-vqhw
References
Advisory 2
More Jgaa Warftpd vulnerabilities
- TI-1999-00253 Buffer overflow in War FTP allows remote execution of commands. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2013-02037 Unspecified vulnerability in War FTP Daemon (warftpd) 1.82, when running as a Windows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2000-00044 Macros in War FTP 1.70 and 1.67b2 allow local or remote attackers to read arbitrary files or execute commands. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2006-02115 Buffer overflow in WDM.exe in WarFTPD allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2000-00131 Buffer overflow in War FTPd 1.6x allows users to cause a denial of service via long MKD and CWD commands. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-1999-00953 War FTP Daemon 1.70 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by flooding it with connections. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2006-5789 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-5789 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wqm6-9xxx-vqhw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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