CVE-1999-0080

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-0080
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1995-11-30 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-17 06:15:00 UTC
DescriptionCertain configurations of wu-ftp FTP server 2.4 use a _PATH_EXECPATH setting to a directory with dangerous commands, such as /bin, which allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via the "site exec" command.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.4 All All All

References

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CERT Advisory CA-95:16 - wu-ftpd Misconfiguration Vulnerability MISC archive.nanog.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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