CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0879

10.0 HIGH Published 1999-10-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-10-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

Affected configurations

• bsdi bsd os 2.1 • bsdi bsd os 3.0 • caldera openlinux 1.0

References