Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0779 - Malformed User Name Connection Denial Of Service vulnerability in Platinumftp Platinumftpserver 1.0.18
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
PlatinumFTP 1.0.18, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connection attempts with a \ (backslash) in the username.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Exploit-Db
| description | PlatinumFTPServer 1.0.18 Multiple Malformed User Name Connection Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2005-0779. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| id | EDB-ID:25218 |
| last seen | 2016-02-03 |
| modified | 2005-03-05 |
| published | 2005-03-05 |
| reporter | ports |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/25218/ |
| title | PlatinumFTPServer 1.0.18 - Multiple Malformed User Name Connection Denial of Service Vulnerability |
Nessus
| NASL family | FTP |
| NASL id | PLATINUM_FTP_MALFORMED_USERNAME_DOS.NASL |
| description | The installed version of PlatinumFTPserver on the remote host suffers from a denial of service vulnerability. Specifically, when a user tries to login with a username containing a backslash, |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 17321 |
| published | 2005-03-14 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17321 |
| title | PlatinumFTPServer username Multiple Connection Handling Remote Format String |