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CVE-1999-0879

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via macro variables in a message file.

Affected products

• Bsdi Bsd Os: 2.1, 3.0
• Caldera Openlinux: 1.0

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0879
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0879

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