A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Golden FTP Server version 2.52, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. A boundary error in the log parsing functionality causes this vulnerability. When the log parsing functionality handles entries in the "gftppro.log" file, if an overly long argument is passed to the "USER" FTP command, a stack-based buffer overflow can happen. An example of such buffer overflow attack is shown as below:

Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.