CVE-2001-0550

WU-FTPD 2.6.1 - Remote Command Execution

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

wu-ftpd 2.6.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a "~{" argument to commands such as CWD, which is not properly handled by the glob function (ftpglob).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-07-18 CVE Reserved
2001-11-27 First Exploit
2001-11-30 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (19)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100700363414799&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/180823	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7611	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/348	2002-05-14
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21161	2001-11-27
https://github.com/gilberto47831/Network-Filesystem-Forensics	2022-07-28
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3581	2024-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-041.0.txt	2018-05-03
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-33.html	2018-05-03
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/886083	2018-05-03
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-157.html	2018-05-03

URL	Date	SRC
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000442	2018-05-03
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-036-01	2018-05-03
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-087	2018-05-03
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-090.php3	2018-05-03
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_043_wuftpd_txt.html	2018-05-03
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0107-162	2018-05-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0550	2001-11-27
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616595	2001-11-27

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
David Madore Search vendor "David Madore"		Ftpd-bsd Search vendor "David Madore" for product "Ftpd-bsd"				0.3.2 Search vendor "David Madore" for product "Ftpd-bsd" and version "0.3.2"		-		Affected
David Madore Search vendor "David Madore"		Ftpd-bsd Search vendor "David Madore" for product "Ftpd-bsd"				0.3.3 Search vendor "David Madore" for product "Ftpd-bsd" and version "0.3.3"		-		Affected
Washington University Search vendor "Washington University"		Wu-ftpd Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd"				2.5.0 Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd" and version "2.5.0"		-		Affected
Washington University Search vendor "Washington University"		Wu-ftpd Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected
Washington University Search vendor "Washington University"		Wu-ftpd Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd"				2.6.1 Search vendor "Washington University" for product "Wu-ftpd" and version "2.6.1"		-		Affected