7.5
HIGH
CVE-1999-0256
War FTP Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution
Description

Buffer overflow in War FTP allows remote execution of commands.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 1, 1998, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 20, 2024, 11:28 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-1999-0256 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-1999-0256 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft windows_95
2 Microsoft windows_nt
1 Jgaa warftpd
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-1999-0256.

URL Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/875
http://www.osvdb.org/875

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Ivan Ricart Borges - WarFTP is prone to a stack-based buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to properly check boundaries on user-supplied data before copying it to an insufficiently sized buffer.

c warftp buffer-overflow ftp-server

C

Updated: 3 months, 1 week ago
2 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Jan. 2, 2018, 10:28 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

this script search exploit online using shell script

Shell

Updated: 9 years, 4 months ago
1 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Feb. 7, 2013, 8:17 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.21 }} -0.37%

score

0.99454

percentile

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