CVE-1999-0997 — HIGH severity vulnerability (wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to exe)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-0997 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1999-12-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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