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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 19, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-2779

CVE-2008-2779

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Home 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4 and CuteFTP Pro 8.2.0 Build 04.01.2008.1 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to 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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  • Globalscape/Cuteftp3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:8.2.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:8.2.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:8.2.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4

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