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CVE-2000-0573
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to…
High10.0EPSS 96.2%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 96.2% · top 0.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- CA-2000-13 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 20000707 New Released Version of the WuFTPD Sploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2000:039 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CSSA-2000-020.0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- 20000622 WuFTPD: Providing *remote* root since at least1994 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000702 [Security Announce] wu-ftpd update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000723 CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - WU-FTPD (re-release) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1387 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000623 WUFTPD 2.6.0 remote root exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000623 ftpd: the advisory version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- wuftp-format-string-stack-overwrite(4773) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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