CVE-2008-5175 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in AceFTP Freeware and Pro versions 3.80.3. This flaw allows a malicious FTP server to create or overwrite arbitrary files on a client's system by injecting ".." sequences into responses to LIST commands. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, posing a high risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.80.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:visicommedia:aceftp:3.80.3:_nil_:freeware:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.80.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:visicommedia:aceftp:3.80.3:_nil_:pro:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.