7.5

CVE-1999-0202: university_of_washington wu-ftpd

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 29-09-1999Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-0202 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in university_of_washington wu-ftpd. EPSS estimates a 2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.01%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-09-1999
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The GNU tar command, when used in FTP sessions, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.01%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.01% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.01%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

University_of_washington1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links