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CVE-2008-2894

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2894 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in NCH Software Classic FTP 1.02 for Windows. This flaw allows a malicious FTP server to create or overwrite arbitrary files on a client's system by including ".." in a LIST command response. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists, and its FAUCET Risk Score of 94/100 indicates a high potential for impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nch_software:nch_software_classic_ftp:1.02:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-31942 · Jun 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0243 is in the 40th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/30708
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43230
vuln.sg / classicftp102-en.html
securityfocus.com / bid/29846
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1899/references