CVE-2008-5175

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: 2008-11-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in AceFTP Freeware 3.80.3 and AceFTP Pro 3.80.3 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345.

Affected products

Visicommedia Aceftp: 3.80.3-_nil_

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30792
http://vuln.sg/aceftp3803-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29989
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1954/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43400
http://secunia.com/advisories/30792
http://vuln.sg/aceftp3803-en.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29989
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1954/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43400

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