CVE-2008-2519
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2514)
- Published
- June 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2514 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- core ftp / core ftp
- core ftp / core ftp
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30389(Vendor Advisory)
- http://vuln.sg/coreftp211565-en.html(Exploit)
- http://www.coreftp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6078(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29362
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1643/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42605
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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