CVE-1999-0997General(millenux_gmbh / anonftp)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • anonftp
  • linux
  • wu-ftpd

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Products
anonftplinuxwu-ftpd

7 versions affected across 3 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-28: 105-28
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
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CPE platform detail7 entries

7 of 7 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appmillenux_gmbhanonftp2.8.1--
OSredhatlinux5.2--
OSredhatlinux6.0--
OSredhatlinux6.1--
Appuniversity_of_washingtonwu-ftpd2.4.2--
Appuniversity_of_washingtonwu-ftpd2.5.0--
Appuniversity_of_washingtonwu-ftpd2.6.0--

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