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CVE-2008-2821 (GCVE-0-2008-2821)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:14
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in Glub Tech Secure FTP before 2.5.16 on Windows allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://vuln.sg/glubsecureftp2515-en.html x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/30725 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1852… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29741 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2008-06-13 00:00
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