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CVE-2018-7573

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 69.69% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-03-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 69.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2018-7573
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
69.69%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in FTPShell Client 6.7. A remote FTP server can send 400 characters of 'F' in conjunction with the FTP 220 response code to crash the application; after this overflow, one can run arbitrary code on the victim machine. This is similar to CVE-2009-3364 and CVE-2017-6465.

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