CVE-2008-2031

VicFTPS 5.0 - Denial of Service via Crafted LIST Command

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2008-2031.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in vicFTPS v5.0 by sending a malformed LIST command with a crafted path. The PoC establishes an FTP connection, authenticates anonymously, and triggers the crash by sending a specially formatted request.

Description

VicFTPS 5.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted LIST command, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6834

This exploit demonstrates a remote denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in vicFTPS v5.0 by sending a malformed LIST command with a crafted path. The PoC establishes an FTP connection, authenticates anonymously, and triggers the crash by sending a specially formatted request.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: vicFTPS v5.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target FTP server · FTP service (vicFTPS v5.0) running on the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 19, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28967
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29943
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42074

Scores

EPSS 0.4631
EPSS Percentile 98.7%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (1)
vicftps/vicftps 5.0
Published Apr 30, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026