CVE-2005-1241

HIGH 7.5CVE-2005-1241 · Published 20/04/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1241 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting powerlock networksecurity (powertech).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.8%, higher than 78.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
powerlock networksecurity powertech	`= 4.7.1`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the third party tool from Powertech, as used to secure the iSeries AS/400 FTP server, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files, including those from qsys.lib, via ".." sequences in a GET request.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628 · Exploit
securityfocus.com/bid/13312
venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260

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