CVE-2010-3096

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2010-3096 · Published 20/08/2010 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-3096 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting ftp client (softx).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 71.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
ftp client softx	`= 3.3`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in SoftX FTP Client 3.3 and possibly earlier allows remote FTP servers to write arbitrary files via "..\" (dot dot backslash) sequences in a filename.

References

secunia.com/advisories/40973 · Vendor Advisory
htbridge.ch/advisory/directory_traversal_in_softx_ftp_client.html
securityfocus.com/archive/1/513085/100/0/threaded

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