CVE-2011-10029

Solar FTP Server - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Solar FTP Server fails to properly handle format strings passed to the USER command. When a specially crafted string containing format specifiers is sent, the server crashes due to a read access violation in the __output_1() function of sfsservice.exe. This results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by x000 · perldoswindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16204

View Code ZIP pw:eip

metasploit WORKING POC

rubypoc

https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/ftp/solarftp_user.rb

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (5)

[Various Sources] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/ftp/solarftp_user.rb

[Various Sources] https://web.archive.org/web/20111009122553/http://solarftp.com/blog/news/solar-ftp-server-2-1-2.html

[Various Sources] https://web.archive.org/web/20111102141514/https://solarftp.com/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solar-ftp-server-malformed-user-dos

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16204

Scores

EPSS 0.4884

EPSS Percentile 97.7%

Classification

CWE

CWE-134

Status draft

Timeline

Published Aug 20, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026