CVE-2008-7262 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command.

Published: 2010-10-19

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

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Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:g.rodola:pyftpdlib:0.1.1:::::::*

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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-2010-0022	Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f	Directory traversal in pyftpdlib

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY

History

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Subscriptions

G.rodola Pyftpdlib

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-10-19T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:36:13.410Z

Reserved: 2010-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-7262

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-19T20:00:02.643

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:56.583

Link: CVE-2008-7262

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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