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Vulnerability record · CVE-2019-9649 · published 22 March 2019

CVE-2019-9649: Coreftp core ftp path traversal vulnerability

CCoreftp · Core Ftp

An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (..\..\) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.

5.3 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 15% · top 3.5% CWE-22 · Path traversal
5.3CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 5.0
15%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (..\..\) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154205/CoreFTP-Server-MDTM-Directory-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/22
http://www.coreftp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4022509 ProductVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107449 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/25 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46534 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154205/CoreFTP-Server-MDTM-Directory-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/22
http://www.coreftp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4022509 ProductVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107449 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/25 ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46534 ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2019-9649), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.