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CVE-1999-0080

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1995-11-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Certain configurations of wu-ftp FTP server 2.4 use a _PATH_EXECPATH setting to a directory with dangerous commands, such as /bin, which allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via the "site exec" command.

Affected products

• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.4

References

• https://archive.nanog.org/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/1995-11/msg00385.html
• https://archive.nanog.org/mailinglist/mailarchives/old_archive/1995-11/msg00385.html

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