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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 27, 1999· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0911

CVE-1999-0911

Description

Buffer overflow in ProFTPD, wu-ftpd, and beroftpd allows remote attackers to gain root access via a series of MKD and CWD commands that create nested directories.

Affected products

5
  • Proftpd/Proftpd5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:proftpd_project:proftpd:1.2_pre5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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