CVE-2008-3734 is a critical format string vulnerability affecting Ipswitch WS_FTP Home 2007.0.0.2 and WS_FTP Professional 2007.1.0.0. A remote malicious FTP server can exploit this flaw by sending specially crafted format string specifiers in a connection greeting, leading to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution on the client. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having high impact on 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 active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2007.0.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_home:2007.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2007.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipswitch:ws_ftp_pro:2007.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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