{
    "id": "CVE-2001-0550",
    "published": "2001-11-30 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 21:54:30",
    "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-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).",
    "epss_score": "0.74651",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99488",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-27 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "david_madore",
            "product": "ftpd-bsd"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "washington_university",
            "product": "wu-ftpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "348",
            "title": "WU-FTPD 2.6.1 - Remote Command Execution",
            "date": "2002-05-14",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/348"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "21161",
            "title": "WU-FTPD 2.6 - File Globbing Heap Corruption",
            "date": "2001-11-27",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21161"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442",
        "http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2",
        "http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt",
        "http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083",
        "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3581",
        "http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0107-162",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7611",
        "http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442",
        "http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2",
        "http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt",
        "http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087",
        "http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083",
        "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3",
        "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823"
    ]
}