CVE-2000-0640

High CVSS 7.5

Published 2000-07-08 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-2000-0640, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Guild FTPd allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files outside the FTP root via a .. (dot dot) attack, which provides different error messages depending on whether the file exists or not.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-2000-0640

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P