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CVE-1999-1298

CVE information

Published

27 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

Description

Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -