CVE-2004-0287

Xlight FTP Server 1.52 - Authenticated Denial of Service via RETR Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0287. PoCs published by intuit e.b..

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in XLight FTP Server 1.52 by sending an overly long file retrieval request, causing the server to crash due to insufficient bounds checking.

Description

Xlight FTP server 1.52 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a RETR command with a long argument containing a large number of / (slash) characters, possibly triggering a buffer overflow.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by intuit e.b. · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23701

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in XLight FTP Server 1.52 by sending an overly long file retrieval request, causing the server to crash due to insufficient bounds checking.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: XLight FTP Server 1.52
Auth required
Prerequisites: FTP access to the target server · Valid credentials for authentication
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9668
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15220
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107695172917263&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0732
EPSS Percentile 93.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
xlight_ftp_server/xlight_ftp_server 1.52
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026