Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in FTP Serv-U before 2.5i allows remote attackers to escape the FTP root and read arbitrary files by appending a string such as "/..%20." to a CD command, a variant of a .. (dot dot) attack.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Cat Soft Serv-U FTP Server 2.4/2.5 - FTP Directory Traversal EDB-20461 · remote · Dec 5, 2000 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 464 vdb-entry
- 20001205 (no subject) mailing-list
- ftp-servu-homedir-travers(5639) vdb-entry
- 2052 vdb-entry
- 20001205 Serv-U FTP directory traversal vunerability (all versions) mailing-list