CVE-2000-0573 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 96.2% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The lreply function in wu-ftpd 2.6.0 and earlier does not properly cleanse an untrusted format string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the SITE EXEC command.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 96.23% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2000-07-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| hp | hp-ux |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD - Site EXEC/INDEX Format String (Metasploit) | 2010-11-30 |
| exploit-db | BeroFTPD 1.3.4(1) (Linux x86) - Remote Code Execution | 2001-05-08 |
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (3) | 2001-05-04 |
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.6.0 - Remote Format Strings | 2001-01-03 |
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.6.0 - Remote Command Execution | 2000-11-21 |
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (2) | 2000-09-26 |
| exploit-db | WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5 .0/2.6.0 - Remote Format String Stack Overwrite (1) | 1999-10-15 |
References
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1
- ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96179429114160&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96299933720862&w=2
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-020.0.txt
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2000-13.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-039.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1387
- http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=20000623091822.3321.qmail%40fiver.freemessage.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/4773
- ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-00:29.wu-ftpd.asc.v1.1
- ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-2000.02
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-009.txt.asc
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-06/0244.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0017.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=96171893218000&w=2
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD