CVE-1999-0075 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the wu-ftpd daemon, specifically affecting Washington University's wu-ftpd. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger a core dump by issuing a QUOTE PASV command after providing a username and password. This vulnerability is rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.0), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to impact availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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