CVE-2008-2779
Directory traversal vulnerability in GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Home 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4 and CuteFTP Pro 8.2.0 Build 04.01.2008.1 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to LIST…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Home 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4 and CuteFTP Pro 8.2.0 Build 04.01.2008.1 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) 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
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 2.62% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- globalscape/cuteftp
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29760Vendor Advisory
- http://vuln.sg/cuteftp820-en.htmlExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020113
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1653/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42633
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29760Vendor Advisory
- http://vuln.sg/cuteftp820-en.htmlExploit
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020113
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1653/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42633
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.