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CVE-2011-0762

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0762 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in vsftpd versions prior to 2.3.3, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. Authenticated remote attackers can exploit this by sending crafted glob expressions in STAT commands, leading to high CPU consumption and process slot exhaustion. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P), indicating network-based attacks with low complexity requiring authentication, resulting in partial availability impact. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and an ExploitDB entry exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.3.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vsftpd_project:vsftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
73.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: VSFTPD 2.3.2 and Earlier STAT Denial of Service · Feb 3, 2011
Nuclei: CVE-2011-0762 · Oct 2, 2025
ExploitDB: EDB-16270 · Mar 2, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7395 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: vsftpd-0:2.0.1-9.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: vsftpd-0:2.0.5-16.el5_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: vsftpd-0:2.2.2-6.el6_0.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0762Important

vsftpd: remote DoS via crafted glob pattern

Mar 1, 2011

References

vsftpd.beasts.org / users/cevans/untar/vsftpd-2.3.4/Changelog
Broken Link
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
cxib.net / stuff/vspoc232.c
Broken Link
jvn.jp / en/jp/JVN37417423/index.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055881.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055882.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/055957.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
securityreason.com / achievement_securityalert/95
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/8109
ExploitThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65873
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2305
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/16270
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/590604
Broken Link
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0337.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/516748/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/46617
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1098-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0547
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0639
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0668
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0713
Third Party Advisory