CVE-2014-1442

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Core FTP Server 1.2 before build 515 allows remote authenticated users to determine the existence of arbitrary files via a /../ sequence in an XCRC command.

Published: 2014-05-02 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1442 is rated High Exploit Risk (61.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.37%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.13% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2014-1442

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1442

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 2026-06-15 0.24% 2.37% +2.13%
2 2026-04-18 0.29% 0.24% -0.04%
3 2025-07-29 0.29%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1442

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-2014-1442

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1442

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
coreftp core_ftp 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:coreftp:core_ftp:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1442

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