security flaw
Published May 7, 2001
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 96.23%
Description
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue was fixed in the following products: - Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:039 (2000-06-23) - Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:039 (2000-06-23)
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:C/I:C/A:C
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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 96.23% (0.96227) | 99.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 96.29% (0.96292) | 99.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 91.38% (0.91378) | 99.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.95% (0.96953) | 99.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 96.95% (0.96953) | 99.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 7, 2023 | 97.21% (0.97211) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 97.23% (0.97234) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 84.03% (0.84026) | 99.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 84.03% (0.84026) | 99.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
- ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERT
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96179429114160&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96299933720862&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1387 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000623091822.3321.qmail%40fiver.freemessage.com mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2000-0573 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616495 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4773 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0573
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2000-0573
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.