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CVE-2008-2779

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 2.62% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution

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CVE
CVE-2008-2779
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
2.62%

Original NVD Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in GlobalSCAPE CuteFTP Home 8.2.0 Build 02.26.2008.4 and CuteFTP Pro 8.2.0 Build 04.01.2008.1 allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.