CVE-2008-2889 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in AceBIT WISE-FTP 4.1.0 and 5.5.8 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.

Published: 2008-06-27

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 2.2% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wise-ftp:wise-ftp:4.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:wise-ftp:wise-ftp:5.5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2882	Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in AceBIT WISE-FTP 4.1.0 and 5.5.8 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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02205.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/30663
http://secunia.com/advisories/30788
http://vuln.sg/wiseftp558-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29844
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1898/references
http://www.wise-ftp.com/news/index.htm

History

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Subscriptions

Wise-ftp Wise-ftp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-06-27T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:33.335Z

Reserved: 2008-06-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2889

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-06-27T18:41:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:54:40.750

Link: CVE-2008-2889

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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