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CVE-2000-0574
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the…
Medium5.0EPSS 58.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
FTP servers such as OpenBSD ftpd, NetBSD ftpd, ProFTPd and Opieftpd do not properly cleanse untrusted format strings that are used in the setproctitle function (sometimes called by set_proc_title), which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary commands.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 24 years later
· 24 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 58.9% · top 0.9% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000710 opieftpd setproctitle() patches (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20000706 ftpd and setproctitle() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20000705 proftp advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- CA-2000-13 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_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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