In the ABB IDAL FTP server, an authenticated attacker can traverse to arbitrary directories on the hard disk with "CWD ../" and then use…

Description

In the ABB IDAL FTP server, an authenticated attacker can traverse to arbitrary directories on the hard disk with "CWD ../" and then use the FTP server functionality to download and upload files. An unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of the hardcoded or default credential pair exor/exor to become an authenticated attacker.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.4% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.

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 (5)

• 20190624 XL-19-008 - ABB IDAL FTP Server Path Traversal Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• https://search.abb.com/library/Download.aspx?DocumentID=3ADR010377&LanguageCode=en&DocumentPartId=&Action=Launch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153396/ABB-IDAL-FTP-Server-Path-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 108886 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://www.darkmatter.ae/xen1thlabs/abb-idal-ftp-server-path-traversal-vulnerability-xl-19-008/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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 4 Aug 2024, 20:46 UTC.