CVE-2006-6240

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sorin Chitu Telnet-FTP Server 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to list contents of arbitrary directories and download arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in an FTP command argument, as demonstrated by RETR (GET) or STOR (PUT). NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected products

Telnet Ftp Server: 1.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/22921
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21339
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4765
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30582
http://secunia.com/advisories/22921
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21339
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4765
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30582

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