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Vulnerability details: VCID-3457-xc8u-1yf8
Vulnerability ID VCID-3457-xc8u-1yf8
Aliases CVE-2008-7262
GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f
PYSEC-2010-4
Summary Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in FTPServer.py in pyftpdlib before 0.3.0 allow remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and directories via vectors involving a symlink in a pathname to a (1) CWD, (2) DELE, (3) STOR, or (4) RETR command.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
cvssv3.1 6.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
cvssv4 5.3 http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
generic_textual MODERATE http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
epss 0.0055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7262
epss 0.0055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7262
epss 0.0055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7262
epss 0.0055 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7262
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
cvssv4 5.3 https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
cvssv3.1 6.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
cvssv4 5.3 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
Reference id Reference type URL
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-7262
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jw88-wxv5-7c4f
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/issues/detail?id=55
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at http://code.google.com/p/pyftpdlib/source/browse/trunk/HISTORY
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/giampaolo/pyftpdlib/issues/55
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pyftpdlib/PYSEC-2010-4.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7262
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.68441
EPSS Score 0.0055
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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