CVE-2010-4228 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the NWFTPD.NLM FTP server component of Novell NetWare, affecting versions prior to 5.10.02. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.0, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (abend) by sending a specially crafted, long DELE command. While not listed on the KEV catalog, an exploit module is publicly available on ExploitDB (EDB-17020), indicating the existence of functional exploit code. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:novell:netware:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.