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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2001-0283 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in SunFTP build 9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) characters in various…

published 2001-04-04 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0283

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.0%
EPSS 6.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in SunFTP build 9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) characters in various commands, including (1) GET, (2) MKDIR, (3) RMDIR, (4) RENAME, or (5) PUT.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20653)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20653 SunFTP 1.0 Build 9 - Unauthorized File Access remote, 2001-03-02
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0523.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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