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Vulnerability details: VCID-mw1j-4h2u-ruhr
Vulnerability ID VCID-mw1j-4h2u-ruhr
Aliases CVE-2007-6740
GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
PYSEC-2010-24
Summary pyftpdlib vulnerable to allocation of resources without limits
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
cvssv4 7.1 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
generic_textual HIGH http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
cvssv4 7.1 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
generic_textual HIGH http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
cvssv4 7.1 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
generic_textual HIGH http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
cvssv3.1 6.5 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
cvssv4 7.1 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
generic_textual HIGH http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
epss 0.00513 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-6740
epss 0.00513 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-6740
epss 0.00513 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-6740
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-24.yaml
cvssv4 7.1 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-24.yaml
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-24.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
cvssv4 7.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-6740
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-24.yaml
CVE-2007-6740 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=25
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/detail?r=37
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/diff?spec=svn37&r=37&format=side&path=/trunk/pyftpdlib/FTPServer.py
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/25
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-24.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6740
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.67008
EPSS Score 0.00513
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T20:29:03.304797+00:00 GHSA Importer Import https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx59-cp6c-9fr8 38.6.0