CVE-2000-0640

Guild FTPd - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2000-0640. PoCs published by Andrew Lewis.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Guild Ftpd where error messages differ based on file existence when using '../' in GET requests. It does not contain executable exploit code but explains the behavior.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Andrew Lewis · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20065

This is a writeup describing an information leakage vulnerability in Guild Ftpd where error messages differ based on file existence when using '../' in GET requests. It does not contain executable exploit code but explains the behavior.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Guild Ftpd
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the FTP server
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0114.html
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1452
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4922
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/573

Scores

EPSS 0.0707
EPSS Percentile 93.6%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
steve_poulsen/guildftpd 0.9.7
Published Jul 08, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026