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CVE-2020-5221
Directory Traversal (Chroot Escape) vulnerability in uftpd
Medium6.5EPSS 1.2%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
In uftpd before 2.11, it is possible for an unauthenticated user to perform a directory traversal attack using multiple different FTP commands and read and write to arbitrary locations on the filesystem due to the lack of a well-written chroot jail in compose_abspath(). This has been fixed in version 2.11
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
References (2)
- https://github.com/troglobit/uftpd/security/advisories/GHSA-wmx8-v7mx-6x9h (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/troglobit/uftpd/commit/455b47d3756aed162d2d0ef7f40b549f3b5b30fe (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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