VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2519

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.35%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-06-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Primary references