CVE-2004-0185 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the skey_challenge function of the wu-ftpd daemon, specifically version 2.6.2. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted SKEY request with an excessively long name. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication or complex attack conditions to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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