CVE-2008-2821

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in Glub Tech Secure FTP before 2.5.16 on Windows allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345.

Affected products

Glub Secure Ftp: through 2.5.15

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30725
http://vuln.sg/glubsecureftp2515-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29741
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1852/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43093
http://secunia.com/advisories/30725
http://vuln.sg/glubsecureftp2515-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29741
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1852/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43093

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