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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Generic FTP traversal

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Attempts to get the listing of the remote root dir

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote FTP server permits any anonymous user to browse the
entire remote disk by issuing commands like :

LIST ../../../../../
LIST ..\..\..\..\..

Solution : Contact your vendor for a patch
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID: 2618, 2786, 5168, 11159

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2002 Renaud Deraison

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