CVE-2001-0550

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0550
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-11-30 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionwu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application David Madore Ftpd-bsd 0.3.2 All All All
Application David Madore Ftpd-bsd 0.3.3 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.5.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.0 All All All
Application Washington University Wu-ftpd 2.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-087-1 wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
Wu-Ftpd File Globbing Heap Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 | Caldera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.caldera.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CERT Advisory CA-2001-33 Multiple Vulnerabilities in WU-FTPD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
SecurityFocus Mail List Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#886083 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.immunix.org
marc.info af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:090 : wu-ftpd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com
www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www1.itrc.hp.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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