CVE-2000-0573
highpriority · act · 84EPSS 0.962 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (8)
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- exploit/multi/ftp/wuftpd_site_exec_formatWU-FTPD SITE EXEC/INDEX Format String Vulnerabilityweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16311WU-FTPD - Site EXEC/INDEX Format String (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20030WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (1)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20031WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (2)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-20032WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (3)functional · exploit_db
- EDB-201WU-FTPD 2.6.0 - Remote Command Executionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (22)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96179429114160&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96299933720862&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txtenisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.htmlenisa_euvd
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