CVE-2005-2142

Directory traversal vulnerability in Golden FTP Server 2.60 allows remote authenticated attackers to list arbitrary directories via a "\.." (backslash dot dot) in an LS (LIST) command.

Published: 2005-07-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2142 is rated Low Risk (19.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.15%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2142

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 0.21% 0.15% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.15% 0.21% +0.06%
3 2025-03-23 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2142

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2142

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2142

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kmint21_software golden_ftp_server 2.60 cpe:2.3:a:kmint21_software:golden_ftp_server:2.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2142

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/15840 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence