CVE-1999-0997
highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.062 · 93 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-20563WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0/2.6.1/2.6.2 - FTP Conversionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- university of washington wu-ftpd= 2.4.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- university of washington wu-ftpd= 2.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- university of washington wu-ftpd= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:university_of_washington:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (2)
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