CVE-2001-0936 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Frox transparent FTP proxy versions 0.6.6 and earlier, specifically when the local caching method is enabled. This flaw allows malicious remote FTP servers to execute arbitrary code on the Frox proxy by sending an excessively long response to an MDTM request. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:frox:frox:0.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.