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CVE-2001-0187
Format string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute…
High10.0EPSS 5.7%
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Description
Format string vulnerability in wu-ftp 2.6.1 and earlier, when running with debug mode enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malformed argument that is recorded in a PASV port assignment.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- DSA-016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- wuftp-debug-format-string(6020) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 2296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLA-2001:443 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .