CVE-2005-1238

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Iseries As 400 (Ibm)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396628
• http://www.venera.com/downloads/Canonicalization_problems_in_iSeries_FTP_security.pdf
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20260