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CVE-2004-0286

45
FAUCET Score

CVE-2004-0286 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in RobotFTP Server versions 1.0 and 2.0 beta 1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing an excessively long username, with the potential for arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating maximum severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:robotftp:robotftp_server:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0_beta_1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:robotftp:robotftp_server:2.0_beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
8.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23708 · Feb 16, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0809 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/15225
securityfocus.com / bid/9672
ExploitVendor Advisory