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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-1999-0202 json

The GNU tar command, when used in FTP sessions, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

published 1997-01-01 29 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0202

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The GNU tar command, when used in FTP sessions, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

Exploit prediction

2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.