CVE-2008-1564

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2008-1564 · Published 31/03/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-1564 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting file transfer (file-transfer).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
file transfer file-transfer	`= 1.2b= 1.2c= 1.2d= 1.2e`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Dan Costin File Transfer before 1.2f allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a "..\" (dot dot backslash) in the filename.

References

secunia.com/advisories/29540 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php
sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php
securityfocus.com/bid/28453 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41489

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