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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2001-0550

wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).

HIGH 7.5EPSS 74.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 74.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).

CVSS 2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
74.76% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
david madore/ftpd-bsd · washington university/wu-ftpd
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

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