CVE-2020-5183

HIGH

FTPGetter Professional 5.97.0.223 - Denial of Service via Crafted String

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2020-5183. PoCs published by FULLSHADE.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup detailing a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in FTPGetter Professional 5.97.0.223, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) when exploiting the 'Run program' field in profile properties. The analysis includes WinDbg output confirming the crash.

Description

FTPGetter Professional 5.97.0.223 is vulnerable to a memory corruption bug when a user sends a specially crafted string to the application. This memory corruption bug can possibly be classified as a NULL pointer dereference.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
by FULLSHADE · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47871

This is a writeup detailing a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in FTPGetter Professional 5.97.0.223, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS) when exploiting the 'Run program' field in profile properties. The analysis includes WinDbg output confirming the crash.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FTPGetter Professional v.5.97.0.223
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the FTPGetter Professional application to modify profile properties
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47871

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0201
EPSS Percentile 78.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476 CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
ftpgetter/ftpgetter 5.97.0.223
Published Jan 08, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026