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CVE-2006-5000

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5000 describes multiple buffer overflows in WS_FTP Server versions 5.0 through 5.05 (before Hotfix 1). These vulnerabilities, affecting both Ipswitch and Progress WS_FTP Server products, are triggered by authenticated attackers using the XCRC, XMD5, and XSHA1 commands. With a CVSS score of 6.5, this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:5.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:5.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_server:5.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:progress:ws_ftp_server:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.5MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
63.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6384 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 21,951 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41829
ipswitch.com / support/ws_ftp-server/releases/wr505hf1.asp
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/447077/100/0/threaded
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-029.html
Vendor Advisory