CVE-2018-25234

MEDIUM

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 Denial of Service via Host Field

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-25234. PoCs published by Victor Mondragón.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 by writing a 300-byte buffer of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Host' field during connection setup, causes the application to crash.

Description

SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string in the Host field. Attackers can paste a buffer of 300 repeated characters into the Host connection parameter to trigger an application crash.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Victor Mondragón · pythondoswindows_x86-64
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759

This PoC exploits a denial-of-service vulnerability in SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 by writing a 300-byte buffer of 'A' characters to a file, which when pasted into the 'Host' field during connection setup, causes the application to crash.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Python to generate the payload file · User interaction to paste the payload into the SmartFTP Client 'Host' field
devstral-2 · analyzed Apr 08, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit exploit
ExploitDB-45759
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45759
Product product
Official Product Homepage
https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/
Product product
Product Reference
https://www.smartftp.com/en-us/download
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0 Denial of Service via Host Field
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/smartftp-client-denial-of-service-via-host-field

Scores

CVSS v3 6.2
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-466
Status published
Products (2)
smartftp/smartftp < 9.0.2615.0
Smartftp/SmartFTP Client 9.0.2615.0
Published Mar 30, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 30, 2026