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CVE-2008-7265

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7265 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in ProFTPD versions prior to 1.3.2rc3. An authenticated attacker can exploit the pr_data_xfer function by issuing an ABOR command during a data transfer, leading to high CPU consumption on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, with network access and authenticated user requirements, resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, suggesting a low likelihood of real-world impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:pre9:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd:proftpd:1.2.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0320 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 21,958 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.proftpd.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2191