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CVE-2001-0187: washington_university wu-ftpd

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified
Published 07-05-2001Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2001-0187 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in washington_university wu-ftpd. EPSS estimates a 5.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
90/100
0100
Critical · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.67%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 07-05-2001
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Format string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed argument that is recorded in a PASV port assignment.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.67%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.67%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremoteunixVerified

    WU-FTPD 2.4.2/2.5/2.6 - Debug Mode Client Hostname Format String

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Washington_university1 product
  • wu-ftpd2.4.1 | 2.4.2_beta9 | 2.4.2_beta18 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr4 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr5 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr6 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr7 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr8 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr10 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr11 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr12 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr13 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr14 | 2.4.2_beta18_vr15 | 2.4.2_vr16 | 2.4.2_vr17 | 2.5 | 2.6

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links