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CVE-1999-0997

wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.

Published

1999-12-20T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application millenux_gmbh anonftp 2.8.1 Yes
Application university_of_washington wu-ftpd 2.4.2 Yes
Application university_of_washington wu-ftpd 2.5.0 Yes
Application university_of_washington wu-ftpd 2.6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 5.2 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.1 Yes
References