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CVE-2009-3976

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3976 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Labtam ProFTP version 2.9. This flaw allows a malicious remote FTP server to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code on a client by sending an excessively long 220 reply (welcome message). With a CVSS score of 9.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, 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, exploit modules are readily available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite limited community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:labtam-inc:proftp:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
28.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: ProFTP 2.9 Banner Remote Buffer Overflow · Aug 25, 2009
ExploitDB: EDB-16709 · Jul 3, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2828 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/52730
exploit-db.com / exploits/9508
securityfocus.com / bid/36128
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/2414
Vendor Advisory