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TI-2008-02299 Aliases CVE-2008-2399GHSA-6hxg-34v8-xgrp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FireFTP add-on before 0.98.20080518 for Firefox…

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03486 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fireftp:fireftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.98VulnerableFireftp
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsRunning onMozilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:fireftp:fireftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.98 Vulnerable ·Fireftp
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Running on ·Mozilla

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-2399
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6hxg-34v8-xgrp

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 2

Sources

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