CVE-1999-0368

Exp

Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access, a.k.a. palmetto.

Published: 1999-02-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0368 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 48.33%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0368

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19087 exploit_db edb 1999-02-09 Exploit-DB ↗
19086 exploit_db edb 1999-02-09 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0368

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 58.86% 48.33% -10.54%
2 2025-03-29 48.33% 58.86% +10.54%
3 2025-03-17 — 48.33% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0368

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0368

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0368

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0368: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0368

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0368

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
proftpd_project proftpd 1.2_pre1 cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
washington_university wu-ftpd 2.4.2_beta18_vr9 cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openlinux 1.3 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.5 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
slackware slackware_linux 3.6 cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0368

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