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
Published Apr 25, 2000
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.22%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.8.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.5.0
- 2.6.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider CVE-1999-0997 to be a security vulnerability. The wu-ftpd process chroots itself into the target ftp directory and will only run external commands as the user logged into the ftp server. Because the process chroots itself, an attacker needs a valid login with write access to the ftp server, and even then they could only potentially execute commands as themselves.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 6.22% (0.06224) | 93.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.22% (0.06224) | 92.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 3.82% (0.03822) | 86.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.10% (0.05102) | 89.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 12.52% (0.12519) | 95.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 12.52% (0.12519) | 95.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.28% (0.03277) | 89.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 87.39th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 86.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.19% (0.04187) | 69.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-1999-0997 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0997
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0997
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-1999-0997 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0997 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0997 |
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