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CVE-1999-0955

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1997-09-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in wu-ftpd and BSDI ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via the SITE EXEC command.

Affected products

• Washington University Wu-Ftpd: 2.4.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0955
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0955

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