CVE-2019-9649
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM...
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (....) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (....) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.
- Record
CVE-2019-9649- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (....) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.
- Record
CVE-2019-9649- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-19016 No score
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (....) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.
- Record
EUVD-2019-19016- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7q4x-vmrj-p8p2
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM...
An issue was discovered in the SFTP Server component in Core FTP 2.0 Build 674. Using the MDTM FTP command, a remote attacker can use a directory traversal technique (....) to browse outside the root directory to determine the existence of a file on the operating system, and its last modified date.
- Record
GHSA-7q4x-vmrj-p8p2- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Core FTP Server FTP / SFTP Server v2 Build 674 - 'MDTM' Directory Traversal | 2019-03-13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-9649 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Coreftp Core Ftp, published March 22, 2019. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/107449
coreftp.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4022509
exploit-db.com/exploits/46534
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Mar/25
packetstormsecurity.com/files/154205/CoreFTP-Server-MDTM-Directory-Traversal.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9649
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7q4x-vmrj-p8p2