CVE-2004-1281 describes a path traversal vulnerability in the ftp_retr function of the junkie 0.3.1 FTP client. This flaw allows a malicious FTP server to overwrite arbitrary files on the client system by including ".." sequences in filenames. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to potential data integrity compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:junkie:junkie_ftp_client:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.