CVE-2011-4800

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-12-14 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U FTP Server before 11.1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read and write arbitrary files, and list and create arbitrary directories, via a "..:/" (dot dot colon forward slash) in the (1) list, (2) put, or (3) get commands.

Affected products

SolarWinds Serv-U File Server: through 11.1.0.3; 3.0.0.16, 3.0.0.17, 3.1.0.0, 3.1.0.1, 3.1.0.3, 4.0.0.4 (+82)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-11/0454.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47021
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18182
http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-11/0454.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/47021
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18182
http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/

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