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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2000-0640 json

Guild FTPd allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the FTP root via a .. (dot dot) attack, which provides diffe…

published 2000-07-08 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2000-0636

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.2%
EPSS 7.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Guild FTPd allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the FTP root via a .. (dot dot) attack, which provides different error messages depending on whether the file exists or not.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20065)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

7.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20065 DrPhibez and Nitro187 Guild FTPD 0.9.7 - File Existence Disclosure remote, 2000-07-08
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0114.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1452 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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