Dxmsoft XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Dxmsoft XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4048. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dxmsoft XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 (File Transfer Software). This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Dxmsoft XM Easy Personal FTP Server 5.8.0 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via an APPE command to one socket in conjunction with a DELE command to a second socket.

The weakness was shared 11/23/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4048 since 11/23/2009. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as functional.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54277), Exploit-DB (10104) and SecurityFocus (BID 37016†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Functional
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OpenVAS ID: 801120
OpenVAS Name: XM Easy Personal FTP Server LIST And NLST Command DoS Vulnerability
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Timelineinfo

11/13/2009 🔍
11/23/2009 +10 days 🔍
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03/18/2015 +1941 days 🔍
10/14/2025 +3863 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2009-4048 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4048
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50879
X-Force: 54277 - XM Easy Personal FTP Server APPE or DELE denial of service
SecurityFocus: 37016 - XM Easy Personal FTP Server 'APPE' and 'DELE' Commands Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 10/14/2025 07:10
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (54), 12/26/2017 08:49 (7), 10/14/2025 07:10 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:8D1:103

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