Vulnerability Name:

CCN-494

Published:1995-11-01
Updated:1995-11-01
Summary:A vulnerability identified in some versions of wu-ftpd could allow users with non-anonymous FTP access to a system to gain root privileges. A flaw in the way the SITE EXEC command is implemented in vulnerable versions of wu-ftp could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
CVSS v3 Severity:10.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:10.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: CERT Advisory CA-1995-16
wu-ftpd Misconfiguration Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
wu-ftpd-exec(494)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • AND
  • cpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    washington_university wu-ftpd *
    linux linux kernel *
    redhat linux 4.0