CVE-2000-0480

Dragon Server - Denial of Service via Long Username

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0480. PoCs published by Prizm.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This Python script exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Dragon Server's FTP service (versions 1.00 and 2.00) by sending an oversized USER command (16,500 bytes), causing a denial of service (DoS). The exploit leverages the ftplib library to connect and send the malicious payload.

Description

Dragon telnet server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a long username.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Prizm · pythondoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20016

This Python script exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in Dragon Server's FTP service (versions 1.00 and 2.00) by sending an oversized USER command (16,500 bytes), causing a denial of service (DoS). The exploit leverages the ftplib library to connect and send the malicious payload.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Dragon Server 1.00/2.00
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target FTP service (port 21)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1352
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96113734714517&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0459
EPSS Percentile 90.5%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
shadow_op_software/dragon_server 1.0
shadow_op_software/dragon_server 2.0
Published Jun 16, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026