CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1240

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the third party tool from Castlehill, as used to secure the iSeries AS/400 FTP server, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files, including those from qsys.lib, via ".." sequences in a GET request.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can read sensitive system files and data from qsys.lib, leading to confidentiality breach and potential further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Castlehill tool to the latest version or apply appropriate patches to prevent directory traversal.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in the third party tool from Castlehill, as used to secure the iSeries AS/400 FTP server, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files, including those from qsys.lib, via ".." sequences in a GET request.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS