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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-1999-0368 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a.

published 1999-02-09 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0368

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
39.8%
EPSS 39.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a. palmetto.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19087)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

39.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19087 WU-FTPD 2.4.2 / SCO Open Server 5.0.5 / ProFTPd 1.2 pre1 - 'realpath' Remote Buffer Overflow (2) remote, 1999-02-09
  • EDB-19086 WU-FTPD 2.4.2 / SCO Open Server 5.0.5 / ProFTPd 1.2 pre1 - 'realpath' Remote Buffer Overflow (1) remote, 1999-02-09

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.