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CVE-1999-0368

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 39.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-02-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a. palmetto.

Affected products

• Caldera Openlinux: 1.3
• Debian Linux: 2.0
• ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.2_pre1
• RedHat Linux: 5.0, 5.1
• Sco Openserver: 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5
• Sco Unixware: 7.0, 7.0.1
• Slackware Linux: 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.4.2_beta18, 2.4.2_beta18_vr9

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0368
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0368

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