Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-2399
CVE-2008-2399
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the FireFTP add-on before 0.98.20080518 for Firefox allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to (1) MLSD and (2) LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.
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Affected products
3- Range: <0.98.20080518
- Range: <0.98.20080518
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- vuln.sg/fireftp0971-en.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/30284nvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/906907nvdUS Government Resource
- www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diffnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29289nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1596/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42516nvd
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