Wu-Ftpd vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.
Wu-Ftpd is made by Washington University. We track 21 published vulnerabilities in it, across 26 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Wu-Ftpd, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.
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- 75%CVE-2001-0550High
wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).
- 59%CVE-2000-0574Medium
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows...
- 40%CVE-1999-0368Critical
Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a.
- 11%CVE-2003-0853Medium
An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications...
- 7.4%CVE-2004-0185Critical
Buffer overflow in the skey_challenge function in ftpd.c for wu-ftp daemon (wu-ftpd) 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a s/key (SKEY) request with a...
- 5.7%CVE-2001-0187Critical
Format string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed argument that is recorded in a PASV port assignment.
- 5.2%CVE-2005-0256Medium
The wu_fnmatch function in wu_fnmatch.c in wu-ftpd 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU exhaustion by recursion) via a glob pattern with a large number of * (wildcard) characters,...
- 4.0%CVE-1999-0080Critical
Certain configurations of wu-ftp FTP server 2.4 use a _PATH_EXECPATH setting to a directory with dangerous commands, such as /bin, which allows remote authenticated users to gain root access via the "site exec" command.
- 3.3%CVE-2003-1327Critical
Buffer overflow in the SockPrintf function in wu-ftpd 2.6.2 and earlier, when compiled with MAIL_ADMIN option enabled on a system that supports very long pathnames, might allow remote anonymous users to execute...
- 2.5%CVE-1999-0955High
Race condition in wu-ftpd and BSDI ftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via the SITE EXEC command.
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wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).
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We track 21 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Wu-Ftpd, across 26 versions.
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