CVE-2005-0779: Platinumftp Platinumftpserver

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PlatinumFTP 1.0.18, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via multiple connection attempts with a \ (backslash) in the username.

Affected products

• Platinumftp Platinumftpserver: version 1.0.18 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.