CVE-2004-0299

smallftpd 0.99 - Denial of Service via Excessive Slash Characters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-0299. PoCs published by intuit e.b..

AI-analyzed exploit summary The exploit describes a remote denial of service vulnerability in SmallFTPD due to improper input validation. It suggests a potential boundary management issue that could lead to arbitrary code execution, though this is unverified.

Description

Buffer overflow in smallftpd 0.99 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an FTP request with a large number of "/" (slash) characters.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by intuit e.b. · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23716

The exploit describes a remote denial of service vulnerability in SmallFTPD due to improper input validation. It suggests a potential boundary management issue that could lead to arbitrary code execution, though this is unverified.

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

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9684
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15262
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107714207708375&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0103
EPSS Percentile 59.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
smallftpd/smallftpd 1.0.3
Published Nov 23, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026