{
    "id": "CVE-1999-0997",
    "published": "1999-12-20 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:49:29",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.06224",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93334",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:02",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "millenux_gmbh",
            "product": "anonftp"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "university_of_washington",
            "product": "wu-ftpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "20563",
            "title": "WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0/2.6.1/2.6.2 - FTP Conversion",
            "date": "1999-12-20",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20563"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-377"
    ]
}