CVE-2020-5221

Directory Traversal (Chroot Escape) vulnerability in uftpd

Published Jan 22, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In uftpd before 2.11, it is possible for an unauthenticated user to perform a directory traversal attack using multiple different FTP commands and read and write to arbitrary locations on the filesystem due to the lack of a well-written chroot jail in compose_abspath(). This has been fixed in version 2.11

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-26455 In uftpd before 2.11, it is possible for an unauthenticated user to perform a directory traversal attack using multiple different FTP commands and read and write to arbitrary locations on the filesystem due to the lack of a well-written chroot jail in compose_abspath(). This has been fixed in version 2.11
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 8:22 AM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 22, 2020, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:21 AM