# CVE-2013-4730: Buffer overflow in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a USER command.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 10 on Exploit-DB, 2 Metasploit modules, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2014-05-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Buffer overflow in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a USER command.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60837
- http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/94624
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26471
- http://infosec42.blogspot.com/2013/06/unauthenticated-pcman-ftp-207-buffer.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/26495
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27007
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27277
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27703
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/28328
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31254
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31255
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31789
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36078
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38013
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/ftp/pcman_put.rb
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/ftp/pcman_stor.rb
- https://github.com/t0rt3ll1n0/PCmanBoF

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