South River Technologies Titan FTP Server up to 10.0.1732 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in South River Technologies Titan FTP Server up to 10.0.1732. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-1842. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in South River Technologies Titan FTP Server up to 10.0.1732 (File Transfer Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Directory traversal vulnerability in the web interface in Titan FTP Server before 10.40 build 1829 allows remote attackers to list all usernames via a Go action with a .. (dot dot) in the search-bar value.

The weakness was disclosed 04/29/2014 by Martin (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1842 since 02/02/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

A public exploit has been developed by Fara Rustein and been published before and not just after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 77 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121809 (Titan FTP Server Information Disclosure and Security Bypass Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 10.0.1733 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (91018), Exploit-DB (31579), SecurityFocus (BID 65465†), OSVDB (103196†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44821†). The entries VDB-69518 and VDB-69516 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Fara Rustein
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Titan FTP Server 10.0.1733

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02/10/2014 +8 days 🔍
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03/25/2015 +290 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Martin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2014-1842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69517
X-Force: 91018
SecurityFocus: 65465 - Titan FTP Server CVE-2014-1842 Directory Traversal Vulnerability
OSVDB: 103196
Vulnerability Center: 44821 - Titan FTP Server Before 10.40 build 1829 Remote Directory Traversal in the Search-Bar Value, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/12/2026 05:04
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (61), 04/02/2019 15:42 (11), 08/17/2025 04:46 (15), 05/12/2026 05:04 (1)
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