CVE-1999-0527 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-1999-0527

The permissions for system-critical data in an anonymous FTP account...

Vulnerability Description

The permissions for system-critical data in an anonymous FTP account are inappropriate. For example, the root directory is writeable by world, a real password file is obtainable, or executable commands such as "ls" can be overwritten.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Unknown
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: February 4th, 2000
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.