Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1171

Title: IPswitch WS_FTP local privilege escalation via registry flags key

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1171

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Feb 02, 1999

Modified Date Apr 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 4.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.01%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1171: IPswitch WS_FTP allows local users to gain additional privileges and modify or add mail accounts by setting the "flags" registry key to 1920.

Impacted Vendors

progress 1

ipswitch 2

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91816507920544&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/218 http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91816507920544&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/218

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-1171 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19167

View Code

April 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

February 02, 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.