Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0997

Title: wu-ftpd FTP conversion malformed filename leads to command execution

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0997

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 20, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.82%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0997: wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.

Impacted Vendors

washington_university 1

millenux_gmbh 1

university_of_washington 1

wuftpd 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0997 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20563

View Code

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 20, 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.