CVE-1999-0256

Exp

Buffer overflow in War FTP allows remote execution of commands.

Published: 1998-02-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0256 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 80.76%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0256

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16706 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗
16724 exploit_db edb 2010-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0256

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 2026-05-08 83.38% 80.76% -2.61%
2 2026-04-30 80.69% 83.38% +2.69%
3 2026-04-21 — 80.69% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0256

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0256

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0256

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0256: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0256

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0256

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jgaa warftpd <= 1.66 cpe:2.3:a:jgaa:warftpd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_95 — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows_nt — cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0256

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