CVE-2008-2519

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42605

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1643/references

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29362

http://www.coreftp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6078

http://secunia.com/advisories/30389

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-06-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00332