CVE-2000-0573

Summary

CVECVE-2000-0573
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2000-07-07 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Hp Hp-ux 11.00 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.auscert.org.au
CERT Advisory CA-2000-13 Two Input Validation Problems In FTPD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
'WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.FreeBSD.org
Wu-Ftpd Remote Format String Stack Overwrite Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
'New Released Version of the WuFTPD Sploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
'WUFTPD 2.6.0 remote root exploit' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SecurityFocus MITRE www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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