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CVE-2001-0550

critical

Description

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).

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7611

http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0107-162

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087

http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2

http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-11-30

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.73511