{"id":"CVE-2008-2779","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-2779","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:57.622Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2008-06-19T20:41:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:54:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["globalscape/cuteftp"],"epss":{"score":0.02624,"percentile":0.85374,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29760","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://vuln.sg/cuteftp820-en.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020113","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1653/references","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42633","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29760","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://vuln.sg/cuteftp820-en.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020113","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1653/references","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42633","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2779","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}