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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2519

Directory traversal vulnerability in Core FTP client 2.1 Build 1565 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 2.35%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Core FTP client 2.1 Build 1565 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in responses to LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
2.35% probability · 83th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-22
Affected
core ftp/core ftp
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.