CVE-2008-2702

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Published Jun 13, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 10.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in ALTools ESTsoft ALFTP 4.1 beta 2 and 5.0 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:estsoft:alftp:4.1:beta2::en::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:estsoft:alftp:5.0:::ko::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2696	Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in ALTools ESTsoft ALFTP 4.1 beta 2 and 5.0 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 10.7% (10.700% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30559
http://vuln.sg/alftp41b2-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29585
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1763/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42900

History

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Subscriptions

Estsoft Alftp

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:14 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 13, 2008, 7:19 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:14 AM
Reserved: Jun 13, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:54 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 13, 2008, 7:41 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:54 PM

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