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CVE-2006-2225

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2225 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in XM Easy Personal FTP Server version 4.3 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, likely by sending an overly long username via the USER command. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of widespread active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dxmsoft:xm_easy_personal_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.03%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1748 · May 4, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0603 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

secunia.com / advisories/19970
securityreason.com / securityalert/851
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/26256
osvdb.org / 25277
osvdb.org / 25314
securityfocus.com / archive/1/432960/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17836
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1673