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CVE-2001-0054

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Solarwinds — Serv-u File Server

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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