wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-377-1 New wu-ftpd packages fix insecure program execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-0978 wu-ftp with FTP conversion enabled allows an attacker to execute commands via a malformed file name that is interpreted as an argument to the program that does the conversion, e.g. tar or uncompress.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.389Z

Reserved: 1999-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-0997

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-12-20T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0997

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