CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1333

7.5 HIGH Published 1999-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

automatic download option in ncftp 2.4.2 FTP client in Red Hat Linux 5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the names of files that are to be downloaded.

Affected configurations

• redhat linux (<= 5.0)

References