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CVE-2002-0405

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0405 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Transsoft Broker FTP Server 5.0 evaluation. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a CWD command with an excessive number of dot characters. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity with network access, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:transsoft:broker_ftp_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0527 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

online.securityfocus.com / archive/1/274279
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6673
securityfocus.com / bid/4864