CVE-1999-0082

Summary

CVE-1999-0082 is a vulnerability affecting the FTP daemon (ftpd) that allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain root access by manipulating the current working directory (CWD) during an FTP session. An attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted command to the FTP server, causing it to change its working directory to the root ("~") directory before executing a command, effectively granting the attacker root privileges. This vulnerability poses a major risk to systems running FTP servers and requires immediate patching to mitigate the threat.

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