Directory traversal vulnerability in the FireFTP add-on before 0.98.20080518 for Firefox allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-22 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• ADV-2008-1596 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• fireftp-mlsd-list-directory-traversal(42516) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.58%3Br2=1.59%3Bf=h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29289 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 30284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://vuln.sg/fireftp0971-en.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• VU#906907 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:58 UTC.