CVE-2008-4501

highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.107 · 96 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

10.7% (96th) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP server in Serv-U 7.0.0.1 through 7.3, including 7.2.0.1, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the RNTO command.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8 · impact 10

v2.08.1highAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-6661Serv-U FTP Server 7.3 - (Authenticated) Remote FTP File Replacementfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.0.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.0.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.0.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.0.0.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.1.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.1.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.2.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.3.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
solarwinds serv-u file server= 7.3.0.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u_file_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-10-09modified 2026-06-16

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references (8)

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