CVE-2018-25366

Description

CuteFTP 5.0 XP contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious payload into the Site Manager label field. Attackers can craft a payload exceeding 520 bytes that overwrites the return address and executes shellcode when a shortcut is created and launched.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

high

CVSS score

8.4 / 10

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Effective score

8.4 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2018-25366

Linked Threat

CVE-2018-25366 — CVE-2018-25366

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-25 15:16:19 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-07-23 19:10:00 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

8.4 / 10 HIGH source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability subscore

2.5 / 10

Impact subscore

5.9 / 10

EPSS score

0.0018 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

8.10% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-27

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-120 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2018-21889

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 25, 2026, 2:15:12 PM

Updated

May 26, 2026, 6:38:50 PM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

8.6 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.1800

Vendors

globalscape

Products

CuteFTP (5.0.4)

Aliases

GHSA-3hrq-94cp-44pf

ENISA description: CuteFTP 5.0 XP contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting malicious payload into the Site Manager label field. Attackers can craft a payload exceeding 520 bytes that overwrites the return address and executes shellcode when a shortcut is created and launched.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• http://installer.globalscape.com/pub/cuteftp/archive/english/cuteftp50.exe tenable:installer.globalscape.com
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-25366 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-25366 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45259 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cuteftp-xp-buffer-overflow-via-site-manager-label-field tenable:www.vulncheck.com

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