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CVE-2010-20115

44
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-20115 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability affecting Arcane Software’s Vermillion FTP Daemon (vftpd) versions up to 1.31. This flaw, stemming from an out-of-bounds array access during FTP PORT command parsing, allows an attacker to manipulate stack memory and potentially execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 9.3 (CRITICAL), exploitation requires direct network access to the FTP service and is considered low complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild, a Metasploit module exists, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating a high potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, <= 1.31CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:arcane_software:vermillion_ftp_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Vermillion FTP Daemon PORT Command Memory Corruption · Sep 23, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

raw.githubusercontent.com / rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/ftp/vermillion_ftpd_port.rb
web.archive.org / web/20100213162028/http://www.softsea.com/review/Vermillion-FTP-Daemon.html
web.archive.org / web/20100416140657/http://www.global-evolution.info/news/files/vftpd/vftpd.txt
broadcom.com / support/security-center/attacksignatures/detail
exploit-db.com / exploits/11293
juniper.net / us/en/threatlabs/ips-signatures/detail.FTP:EXPLOIT:VERMILLION-PORT-OF.html
vulncheck.com / advisories/vermillion-ftp-daemon-port-command-memory-corruption