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CVE-2008-2399

N/A
Published: May 22, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFireftp· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FireFTP add-on before 0.98.20080518 for Firefox allows remote FTP servers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) sequences in responses to (1) MLSD and (2) LIST commands, a related issue to CVE-2002-1345. NOTE: this can be leveraged for code execution by writing to a Startup folder.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Fireftp· Fireftp
95%
v ≤ 0.98
mozilla-firefox (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/30284
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://vuln.sg/fireftp0971-en.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/906907
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozdev.org/source/browse/fireftp/src/content/js/connection/controlSocket.js.in.diff?r1=1.58%3Br2=1.59%3Bf=h
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29289
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1596/references
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42516

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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