CVE-2001-0263 describes a vulnerability in Gene6 G6 FTP Server 2.0 (also known as BPFTP Server 2.10) that allows attackers to read file attributes outside the designated web root. This is achieved by exploiting the SIZE and MDTM commands when the "show relative paths" option is disabled. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), an ExploitDB entry (EDB-20726) exists for file existence disclosure, and the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gene6:g6_ftp_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.