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CVE-2004-1281

19
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:junkie:junkie_ftp_client:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/18568
tigger.uic.edu / ~jlongs2/holes/junkie.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory