CVE-2015-7601

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..// (dot dot double slash) in a RETR command.

Published: 2015-09-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-7601 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 52.58%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2015-7601

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38340 exploit_db edb 2015-09-28 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-7601

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 55.07% 52.58% -2.49%
2 2025-03-29 52.58% 55.07% +2.49%
3 2025-03-17 52.58%

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-7601

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-7601

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-7601

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pcman\'s_ftp_server_project pcman\'s_ftp_server 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:pcman\'s_ftp_server_project:pcman\'s_ftp_server:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-7601

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