CVE-2008-2779

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Home 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4 and CuteFTP Pro 8.2.0 Build 04.01.2008.1 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Published: 2008-06-19 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-2779 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.31%). 1 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-2008-2779

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2779

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 2026-05-27 0.23% 0.31% +0.08%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.23% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.27% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-2779

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-2008-2779

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-2779

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
globalscape cuteftp 8.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:8.2.0:*:home:*:*:*:*:*
globalscape cuteftp 8.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:globalscape:cuteftp:8.2.0:*:pro:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-2779

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