PT-1999-1516 · Washington University · Wu-Ftpd

Published 1999-12-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-1999-0997

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wu-ftp (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows an attacker to execute commands by providing a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to programs like tar or uncompress when FTP conversion is enabled.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0997

DSA-377

Affected Products

Wu-Ftpd

References · 3

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20563 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0997 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377 · Note