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CVE-1999-0878

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

Affected products

• Beroftpd: 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4
• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.4.2_beta18_vr4, 2.4.2_beta18_vr5, 2.4.2_beta18_vr6, 2.4.2_beta18_vr8, 2.4.2_beta18_vr9, 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 (+8)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/599
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/599

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