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CVE-2008-2795 (GCVE-0-2008-2795)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-20 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:14
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP and SFTP clients in IDM Computer Solutions Inc UltraEdit 14.00b allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a LIST command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30749 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://vuln.sg/ultraedit1400b-en.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29784 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1864… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2008-06-17 00:00
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