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CVE-2000-0573

89
FAUCET Score

CVE-2000-0573 describes a critical format string vulnerability in the lreply function of wu-ftpd versions 2.6.0 and earlier, including those on HP-UX systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by sending specially crafted input via the SITE EXEC command. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not on the KEV catalog, multiple public exploits exist, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, indicating readily available tools for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
96.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: WU-FTPD SITE EXEC/INDEX Format String Vulnerability · Jun 22, 2000
ExploitDB: EDB-16311 · Nov 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9629 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2000-0573

security flaw

Jun 23, 2000

References

ftp.auscert.org.au / pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02
ftp.freebsd.org / pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1
ftp.netbsd.org / pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/4773
calderasystems.com / support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txt
cert.org / advisories/CA-2000-13.html
PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.html
securityfocus.com / bid/1387
securityfocus.com / templates/archive.pike