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gFTP Filename Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA14147
Release Date: 2005-02-14
Popularity: 7,994 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:gFTP 2.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in gFTP, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to a missing input validation when handling filenames returned by FTP servers. This can be exploited via a directory traversal attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files by returning a specially crafted filename.

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