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CVE-2004-1883

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-1883 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Ipswitch WS_FTP Server 4.0.2. These flaws allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a large error string from the ALLO handler, or remote FTP administrators to execute arbitrary code by inserting long hostnames or usernames into STAT command replies during file transfers. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its potential for complete compromise with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for the ALLO buffer overflow exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-165 · Mar 23, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0517 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/11206
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15561
securityfocus.com / archive/1/358361
securityfocus.com / bid/9953