CVE-1999-0097 describes a critical vulnerability in the AIX FTP client, allowing a malicious server to execute arbitrary commands on a client system through shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity and impact on products from HP, IBM, and Sun, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
9.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:9.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.