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CVE-2005-1238

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a restricted document root, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request.

Affected products

• IBM Iseries As 400: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
• http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
• http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260

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