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CVE-1999-0911

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
10/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -