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CVE-1999-0955

Race condition in wu-ftpd and BSDI ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via the SITE EXEC command.

Race condition in wu-ftpd and BSDI ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via the SITE EXEC command.

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.01229
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
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Affected Products & Versions

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washington university wu-ftpdall versions
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Detection Rules (IDS/IPS)

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et-openGPL FTP SITE EXEC attemptbad-unknown
snort-communityPROTOCOL-FTP SITE EXEC attemptbad-unknown
Open rulesets (ET Open, Snort Community, abuse.ch) link to source. Commercial rulesets are reference-only.
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Scoring & Timeline

7.6
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD23 Sep 1997 · 04:00 AM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0955
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