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medium 5.8

CVE-2010-4790 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in FilterFTP 2.0.3, 2.0.5, and probably earlier versions, allows remote FTP servers to write arbitrary fi…

published 15y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-4755

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in FilterFTP 2.0.3, 2.0.5, and probably earlier versions, allows remote FTP servers to write arbitrary files via a "..\" (dot dot backslash) in a filename. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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Exploit prediction

1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/1010-exploits/filterftp-traversal.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • htbridge.ch http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/directory_traversal_vulnerability_in_filterftp.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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