CVE-2008-2795

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP and SFTP clients in IDM Computer Solutions Inc UltraEdit 14.00b allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) or a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a LIST command.

Affected products

Idm Computer Solutions Inc Ultraedit: 14.00b

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30749
http://vuln.sg/ultraedit1400b-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29784
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1864/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43149
http://secunia.com/advisories/30749
http://vuln.sg/ultraedit1400b-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29784
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1864/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43149

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