CVE-2008-4501: SolarWinds Serv-U File Server

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 10.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the FTP server in Serv-U 7.0.0.1 through 7.3, including 7.2.0.1, allows remote authenticated users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the RNTO command.

Affected products

• SolarWinds Serv-U File Server: version 7.0.0.1 only; version 7.0.0.2 only; version 7.0.0.3 only; version 7.0.0.4 only; version 7.1.0.0 only; version 7.1.0.1 only; …

Published 2008-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.