CVE-1999-0201

A quote cwd command on FTP servers can reveal the full path of the home directory of the "ftp" user.

Published: 1997-01-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0201 is rated Moderate Risk (51.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0201

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.12% 0.94% -0.18%
2 2025-03-29 0.86% 1.12% +0.26%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.86% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0201

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0201

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0201

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0201: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0201

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0201

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ftp ftp — cpe:2.3:a:ftp:ftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0201

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