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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-1281 json

The ftp_retr function in junkie 0.3.1 allows remote malicious FTP servers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a file…

published 2004-12-22 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1278

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 61%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ftp_retr function in junkie 0.3.1 allows remote malicious FTP servers to overwrite arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename.

Exploit prediction

0.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 61% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • tigger.uic.edu http://tigger.uic.edu/~jlongs2/holes/junkie.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.