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Critical
CVE-1999-0911
Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.2_pre1, 1.2_pre2, 1.2_pre3, 1.2_pre4, 1.2_pre5
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.