J-Security Center

Title: Serv-U FTP Server Path Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity: MODERATE

Description:

The default settings for Serv-U cause the server to give out full physical path information in the following circumstances.

A user attempting to retreive a non-existant file or change to a non-existant directory will see:
550 /d:/ftproot/nonexist: No such file or directory.

A user changing to an existing directory will see:
250 Directory changed to /d:/ftproot/exist

This information could be used to simplify other attacks.

Affected Products:

  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.4.0 x
  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5.0
  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5.0 a
  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5.0 b
  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5.0 c
  • Cat Soft Serv-U 2.5.0 d

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