CVE-2008-5275 — Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (a) "Unzip archive" and (b) "Upload files and archives" functionality in net2ftp 0.96 stable and 0.97 beta allow remote attackers to create, read, or delete arbitrary files via a .

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Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (a) "Unzip archive" and (b) "Upload files and archives" functionality in net2ftp 0.96 stable and 0.97 beta allow remote attackers to create, read, or delete arbitrary files via a .

Published Nov 28, 2008

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.70%

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the (a) "Unzip archive" and (b) "Upload files and archives" functionality in net2ftp 0.96 stable and 0.97 beta allow remote attackers to create, read, or delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a filename within a (1) TAR or (2) ZIP archive. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by creating a .php file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.70% 0.02702

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02702

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (8 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.70% (0.02702)	85.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.70% (0.02702)	83.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.43% (0.00430)	60.43th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.71% (0.03705)	92.12th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	3.50% (0.03501)	90.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.52% (0.06523)	91.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	90.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.52% (0.06523)	78.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-22

Path Traversal

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/30611
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://vuln.sg/net2ftp096-en.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29664
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42994
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/30611		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://vuln.sg/net2ftp096-en.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29664		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42994		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 28, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 28, 2008

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5275

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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