Is CVE-2008-2702 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-2702 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-2702?

CVE-2008-2702 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-2702

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 10.7%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-22
EPSS score: 10.7% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-2696)
Published: June 13, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2696 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

estsoft / alftp
estsoft / alftp

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30559(Third Party Advisory)
http://vuln.sg/alftp41b2-en.html(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29585(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1763/references(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42900(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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