CVE-2008-2635

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in BitKinex 2.9.3 allow remote FTP and WebDAV servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in (1) a response to a LIST command from the BitKinex FTP client and (2) a response to a PROPFIND command from the BitKinex WebDAV client. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected products

Barad Dur Bitkinex: 2.9.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30532
http://vuln.sg/bitkinex293-en.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1738/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42842
http://secunia.com/advisories/30532
http://vuln.sg/bitkinex293-en.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1738/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42842

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