CVE-2005-0372

Directory traversal vulnerability in gftp before 2.0.18 for GTK+ allows remote malicious FTP servers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in filenames returned from a LIST command.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0372 is rated Moderate Risk (47.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.09%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0372

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 2025-03-30 7.64% 4.09% -3.55%
2 2025-03-29 4.09% 7.64% +3.55%
3 2025-03-19 — 4.09% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0372

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/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:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0372

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0372

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0372 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gftp), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0372
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0372
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0372 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gftp), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0372

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0372

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gtk < 2.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gtk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0372

URL Tags
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000957 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-686 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-27.xml Patch Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:050 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-410.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8379 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/8380 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12539 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A717 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9923 Broken Link
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