CVE-2011-10029
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-134
Format String Vulnerability
Publication date:
20/08/2025
Last modified:
22/08/2025
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.70
Severity 4.0
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- 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



