{"cve":"CVE-2008-2779","nvd":{"published":"2008-06-19T20:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:26.310","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-22"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/29760","http://vuln.sg/cuteftp820-en.html","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020113","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1653/references","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42633"],"products":["globalscape:cuteftp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2779","score":0.02624,"percentile":0.85481,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}