Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0550

RCE

Title: wu-ftpd ~{ glob buffer overflow allows RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2001-0550

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Nov 30, 2001
Modified Date Apr 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
60.88%

Vulnerability Summary

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).

Impacted Vendors

W
washington_university 1
D
david_madore 1
W
wuftpd 1

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442 http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3581 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0107-162 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7611 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442 http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3581 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0107-162 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7611
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-2001-0550 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/gilberto47831/Network-Filesystem-Forensics
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/348
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21161
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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.