CVE-1999-0878

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.022 · 83 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.22% (83rd) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.08.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
beroftpd beroftpd= 1.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beroftpd beroftpd= 1.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
beroftpd beroftpd= 1.3.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18_vr9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_vr16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_vr17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington university wu-ftpd= 2.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1999-08-22modified 2026-06-16

references (2)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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