CVE-2004-1602: ProFTPD

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 30.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ProFTPD 1.2.x, including 1.2.8 and 1.2.10, responds in a different amount of time when a given username exists, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames by timing the server response.

Affected products

• ProFTPD ProFTPD: from 1.2.0, up to and including 1.2.10

Published 2004-10-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.