VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1238
By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a restricted document root, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.76%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a restricted document root, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- ibm/iseries as 400
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
- http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
- http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.