CVE-2004-2081

Sami FTP Server 1.1.3 - Denial of Service via CD Command with Tilde or Dot-Dot

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2004-2081. PoCs published by intuit e.b..

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Sami FTP Server by sending unexpected FTP commands ('cd ~' and 'cd /../') that cause the pmsystem.exe executable to crash with a fatal exception.

Description

The samiftp.dll library in Sami FTP Server 1.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (pmsystem.exe crash) by issuing (1) a CD command with a tilde (~) character or dot dot (/../) or (2) a GET command for an unavailable file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by intuit e.b. · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23692

This exploit demonstrates a denial of service vulnerability in Sami FTP Server by sending unexpected FTP commands ('cd ~' and 'cd /../') that cause the pmsystem.exe executable to crash with a fatal exception.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Sami FTP Server
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable Sami FTP Server instance · Valid credentials to authenticate to the FTP server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/353753
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9657
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15204
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.karja.com/samiftp/news.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0514
EPSS Percentile 91.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
karjasoft/sami_ftp_server 1.1.3
Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026