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CVE-2005-1244

• 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: yes
• Published: 2005-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the third party tool from NetIQ, as used to secure the iSeries AS/400 FTP server, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files, including those from qsys.lib, via ".." sequences in a GET request. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "neither NetIQ Security Manager nor our iSeries Security Solutions are vulnerable.

Affected products

• NetIQ Pssecure: 7.5

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013810
• http://www.osvdb.org/15791
• 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://securitytracker.com/id?1013810
• http://www.osvdb.org/15791
• 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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