CVE-2008-5753 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in BulletProof FTP Client 2.63 and 2010 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bookmark file entry with a long host name, which appears as a host parameter within the quick-connect bar.

Published: 2008-12-30

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 7.5% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bpftp:bulletproof_ftp_client:2.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0753.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/50968
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131965/BulletProof-FTP-Client-2010-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33322
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4835
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/565580
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33007
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/37056/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7571

History

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Subscriptions

Bpftp Bulletproof Ftp Client

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-30T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:04:44.490Z

Reserved: 2008-12-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5753

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-30T17:30:00.233

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:00:56.097

Link: CVE-2008-5753

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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