Denial of Service Vulnerability in WS_FTP 5.0.2 by Ipswitch
CVE-2004-1643

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor: Progress
Status: Ws Ftp Server
Vendor: CVE Published:; 29 August 2004

What is CVE-2004-1643?

WS_FTP 5.0.2 is susceptible to a denial of service condition triggered by remote authenticated users. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute a CD command with an invalid path that includes a '../' sequence, leading to excessive CPU consumption and making the service unresponsive. Proper validation of user input paths is essential to prevent this kind of exploitation.