Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0080 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0080 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0080?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 10, published 30 November 1995.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Washington University wu-ftpd 2.4.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0080?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-0080 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0080?
- Check whether you run Washington University Wu-Ftpd. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The vulnerability exists in wu-ftpd 2.4 due to an insecure default or manual configuration of the _PATH_EXECPATH setting. When this path is set to a directory containing sensitive system binaries (like /bin), the 'site exec' command can be abused to run those binaries with the privileges of the FTP daemon. An authenticated remote attacker can leverage this to execute arbitrary commands, typically resulting in a full root compromise of the host system. This issue is categorized as an improper path configuration leading to command execution.
Affected products
- Washington University wu-ftpd 2.4
Timeline
- 1995-11-30: advisory: Initial publication date