CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1241

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Powertech tool 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 breaches and potential further privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Powertech tool to a version without this vulnerability or apply filtering rules for ".." sequences in GET requests on the FTP server.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Directory traversal vulnerability in the third party tool from Powertech, 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