source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6554/info PlatinumFTPserver is an FTP server for Microsoft Windows systems. It is commercially available, and distributed by PlatinumFTP. A directory traversal vulnerability has been reported in PlatinumFTPserver. The program does not sufficiently handle dot-dot-slash input, which could result in an attacker gaining access to unauthorized resources. dir ..\directory where directory represents a directory outside the FTP root. del ..\file where file represents a file outside the FTP root.