CVE-2011-10029

Solar FTP Server fails to properly handle format strings passed to the USER command. When a specially crafted string containing format specifiers is sent, the server crashes due to a read access violation in the __output_1() function of sfsservice.exe. This results in a denial of service (DoS) condition.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/windows/ftp/solarftp_user.rb
https://web.archive.org/web/20111009122553/http://solarftp.com/blog/news/solar-ftp-server-2-1-2.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20111102141514/https://solarftp.com/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16204
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/solar-ftp-server-malformed-user-dos

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Aug 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-08-20 16:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2011-10029

Mitre link : CVE-2011-10029

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-10029

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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