CVE-2004-2184
Directory traversal vulnerability in Digicraft Yak! server 2.0 through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files via…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Digicraft Yak! server 2.0 through 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files via "../" or "..\" sequences in commands such as (1) dir or (2) put.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Yak! Chat Client 2.x - FTP Server Directory Traversal (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24684dos, windowspublished 15 Oct 2004Verified
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Timeline
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
ID reserved
By mitre
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- yak-directory-traversal(17740) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20041015 Directory traversal in Yak! 2.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1011708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 12849 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/yak-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 10763 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 11433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20041015 Directory traversal in Yak! 2.1.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2176 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2004-2184)Record last updated .