CVE-2001-0550 Command injection in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands on wu-ftpd servers via malformed arguments in FTP commands.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0550?
CVE-2001-0550 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Jun 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0550?
It affects 2 products.
Products include David Madore Ftpd-Bsd, Washington University Wu-Ftpd.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0550?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0550 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2001-0550 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2001-0550 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq5j-pgh2-4grh.