CVE-2001-1295 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in Cerberus FTP Server versions 1.5 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the server by including ".. (dot dot)" sequences in the CD command. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, but its impact is limited to confidentiality (reading files) with no integrity or availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this very old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grant_averett:cerberus_ftp_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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