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CVE-2008-1564

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-03-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dan Costin File Transfer before 1.2f allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a "..\" (dot dot backslash) in the filename.

Affected products

• File-Transfer File Transfer: 1.2b, 1.2c, 1.2d, 1.2e

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29540
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=178021&release_id=586923
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1829601&group_id=178021&atid=883559
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28453
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41489
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29540
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=178021&release_id=586923
• http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1829601&group_id=178021&atid=883559
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28453
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41489

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