CVE-2000-0574
mediumpriority · attend · 51EPSS 0.589 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-396OpenBSD - 'ftp' Local Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (21)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- washington university wu-ftpd= 2.4.2_beta18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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_vr7nvdUScpe: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (2)
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sources
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references (12)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0031.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0061.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0121.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1425enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1438enisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0031.htmlnvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0061.htmlnvd
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