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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0911

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.

HIGH 10.0EPSS 38.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 38.1%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 2.0
10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
38.05% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
proftpd project/proftpd
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.