CVE-2008-2702

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP client in ALTools ESTsoft ALFTP 4.1 beta 2 and 5.0 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a response to a LIST command, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Published: 2008-06-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2702 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.26%, 90th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2008-2702

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31887 exploit_db edb 2008-06-06 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2702

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 2025-06-13 6.16% 6.26% +0.10%
2 2025-03-30 7.30% 6.16% -1.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.30% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2702

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-2702

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2702

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
estsoft alftp 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:estsoft:alftp:4.1:beta2:*:en:*:*:*:*
estsoft alftp 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:estsoft:alftp:5.0:*:*:ko:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2702

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30559 Third Party Advisory
http://vuln.sg/alftp41b2-en.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29585 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1763/references Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42900 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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