CVE-2002-1544

Directory traversal vulnerability in CooolSoft Personal FTP Server 2.24 allows remote attackers to read or modify arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in the commands (1) LIST (ls), (2) mkdir, (3) put, or (4) get.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2002-1544 is rated Moderate Risk (45/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1544

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-28 0.35% 0.33% -0.02%
2 2025-03-19 0.48% 0.35% -0.13%
3 2025-03-17 0.48%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1544

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1544

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1544

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cooolsoft personal_ftp_server 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:cooolsoft:personal_ftp_server:2.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1544

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