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HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2010-3187
IBM AIX FTPd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in ftpd in IBM AIX 5.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long NLST command.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 30, 2010, 8 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 11, 2025, 12:51 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-3187 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ibm aix
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
The IBM AIX FTPd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.
  • Install the appropriate security updates.
  • Upgrade to a supported version.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2010-3187.

URL Resource
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_advisory.asc Patch Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/281 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/317 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/324 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/337 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024368 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14409/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14456/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83252 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83274 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83275 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83276 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/66576 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697 Third Party Advisory
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_advisory.asc Patch Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/281 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/317 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/324 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/337 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1024368 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14409/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14456/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83252 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83274 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83275 Vendor Advisory
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83276 Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/66576 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697 Third Party Advisory
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-3187 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-3187 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation Buffer Manipulation

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-3187 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ftpd_advisory.asc
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/281
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/317
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/324
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/337
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1024368
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14409/
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14456/
    Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83252
    Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83274
    Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83275
    Added Reference http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83276
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/66576
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/66576 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/66576 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/317 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/317 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14456/ Exploit http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14456/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/324 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/324 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/337 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/337 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1024368 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1024368 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83252 No Types Assigned http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83252 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83274 No Types Assigned http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83274 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83275 No Types Assigned http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83275 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/281 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2010/Jul/281 Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83276 No Types Assigned http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ83276 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14409/ Exploit http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14409/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.1l:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.2_l:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3 *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3.0 *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:430:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 5.3
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11697 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11697 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 10
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

79.53 }} 25.09%

score

0.99027

percentile