# CVE-2001-0783: Cisco TFTP server 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..(dot dot) attack in the GET command.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2001-10-12 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cisco TFTP server 1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..(dot dot) attack in the GET command.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.sentry-labs.com/files/cisco0201061701.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2886
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0227.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6722

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