CVE-2004-0298

CesarFTP 0.99e - Denial of Service via Long RETR Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0298. PoCs published by intuit e.b..

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a remote resource exhaustion vulnerability in CesarFTP, potentially leading to a DoS condition. It mentions a conjectured boundary management issue that could allow arbitrary code execution, though this is unverified.

Description

CesarFTP 0.99e allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long RETR parameter.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by intuit e.b. · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23700

The provided text describes a remote resource exhaustion vulnerability in CesarFTP, potentially leading to a DoS condition. It mentions a conjectured boundary management issue that could allow arbitrary code execution, though this is unverified.

Classification
Writeup 80%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: CesarFTP (version unspecified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the CesarFTP server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15252
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9666
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107712057628250&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0310
EPSS Percentile 86.1%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
aclogic/cesarftp 0.99e
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026