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$ cve CVE-2001-0550 JSON

CVE-2001-0550 EXPLOIT

7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 74.8% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).

Scoring

CVSS7.5 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS74.76% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2001-11-30
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
david madoreftpd-bsd
washington universitywu-ftpd

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbWU-FTPD 2.6.1 - Remote Command Execution2002-05-14
exploit-dbWU-FTPD 2.6 - File Globbing Heap Corruption2001-11-27

References

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