CVE-2015-7602

high

Published 2015-09-29 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in BisonWare BisonFTP 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a RETR command.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-38341 remote windows

Jay Turla · 2015-09-28

BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 - Directory Traversal

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/ftp/bison_ftp_traversal rank 300

BisonWare BisonFTP Server 3.5 Directory Traversal Information Disclosure

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
bisonware	bisonftp	`3.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-22

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.