High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 30, 2026· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2020-37029

Description

FTPDummy 4.80 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in its preference file handling that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Attackers can craft a malicious preference file with carefully constructed shellcode to trigger a structured exception handler overwrite and execute system commands.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.dummysoftware.com/ftpdummy.htmlnvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48685nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ftpdummy-local-buffer-overflownvd

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