CVE-2003-1299

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Baby FTP Server 1.2, and possibly other versions before May 31, 2003 allows remote authenticated users to list arbitrary directories and possibly read files via "..." (triple dot) manipulations to the CWD command.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1299 is rated Exploit Available (54.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.55%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1299

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1299

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 2025-04-17 0.45% 0.55% +0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.50% 0.45% -0.05%
3 2025-03-29 0.50%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1299

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1299

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1299

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pablo_software_solutions baby_ftp_server 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:pablo_software_solutions:baby_ftp_server:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1299

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