TI-2005-01173 Aliases CVE-2005-1238 GHSA-95p9-wf88-ghh2

By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a…

LOW 36Published 2005-04-24 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

By design, the built-in FTP server for iSeries AS/400 systems does not support a restricted document root, which allows attackers to read or write arbitrary files, including sensitive QSYS databases, via a full pathname in a GET or PUT request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01778 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:h:ibm:iseries_as_400::::::::	all versions	Vulnerable	IBM

cpe:2.3:h:ibm:iseries_as_400:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·IBM

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1238
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-95p9-wf88-ghh2

References

Other 1

http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf

TI-2005-00965 The FTP server in AS/400 4.3, when running in IFS mode, allows remote attackers to obtain… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2005-01071 The POP3 server in IBM iSeries AS/400 returns different error messages when the user… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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