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CVE-1999-0911

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 38.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-08-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

Affected products

• ProFTPD Project Proftpd: 1.2_pre1, 1.2_pre2, 1.2_pre3, 1.2_pre4, 1.2_pre5

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/1999/19990210
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/612
• http://www.debian.org/security/1999/19990210
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/612

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