1736 : WU-FTPD FTP Conversion Service Malformed File Name Handling Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
1999-12-19

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=1999-0997" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Authentication Required

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 1999-0997 (see also: NVD)
Exploit Database: 20563
Bugtraq ID: 2240
ISS X-Force ID: 3952
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q4/0384.html

Tools & Filters

	10452 15214
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Snort	362

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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