CVE-2000-1101 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 9 Mar 2002 Updated 8 Aug 2024

Local attackers can escape the restricted home directory in WFTPD via path traversal, allowing unauthorized file access and modification.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2000-1101?

CVE-2000-1101 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Winsock FTPd (WFTPD) 3.00 and 2.41 with the "Restrict to home directory" option enabled allows local users to escape the home directory via a "/../" string, a variation of the .. (dot dot) attack.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-1101?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Texas Imperial Software Wftpd.

How do I fix CVE-2000-1101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2000-1101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2000-1101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-1101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c67w-7c4h-rcfv.