Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0879

Title: WU-FTPD macro variable buffer overflow allows remote root

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0879

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 01, 1999

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

9.74%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0879: Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

Impacted Vendors

caldera 1

bsdi 1

Reference Links

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0879 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0879

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0879 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19560

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 01, 1999 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.