Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 1999· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0878

Description

Buffer overflow in WU-FTPD and related FTP servers allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via MAPPING_CHDIR.

Beroftpd/Beroftpd3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:beroftpd:beroftpd:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Washington University/Wu Ftpd14 versions
cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_beta18_vr9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_vr16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.4.2_vr17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:washington_university:wu-ftpd:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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